Elissa Liotta
Classes: Browzwear Liotta has had a variety of professional experience in apparel, including performance and sportswear, both men’s and women’s. That includes more than 20
Amber Shrewsberry
Classes: Beginning Sewing, Cosplay & Costume Design Shrewsberry first learned to sew to make clothes for their Beanie Babies. Originally a physics teacher, their passion
Kat Millett
Kat Millett Class: Flats & Techs Millett is excited about anything technical and loves a challenge. She began her career over 25 years ago as
Anne Stone
Classes: Patternmaking. After years of sewing as a hobby, Anne discovered patternmaking and fell in love. She won a garment design contest while completing her
Austin Lingelbach
Class: Overseas Production, E-Commerce Concepts. Lingelbach has worked in the industry for more than a decade, all with Nike. He currently works as the strategic
Joshua Buck
Class: Optitex Computer Patternmaking Artist, Designer, and Patternmaker. They have worked in technical design at Nike for the last ten years in several categories, including
Elle Heavin
Classes: Couture Techniques. Passionate about the craft of needle and thread since as far back as she can recall, both with her own line, and
Corazon Reynolds
Class: Working with Production, Beginning Sewing PFI grad Corazon is currently working in the sports apparel industry as a CMT developer at A&K Designs. She
Dana Ditto
Classes: Inside the Fashion Industry, Sourcing, Textiles Ditto has more than 20 years of apparel industry experience across Sourcing, Costing, Planning, Merchandising and Sales. After
Jena Nesbitt
Classes: Visual Merchandising, Fashion Buying & Merchandising. Director of product strategy at Pine Crest Fabrics, Nesbitt has more than 10 years of experience as a
Karen Spencer
Class: Apparel Business Plan As a trainer and counselor, Spencer consults and works hands-on with start-ups, non-profits and established businesses on business strategy, business development,
Kel Jackson
Class: Fashion Illustration Kel Jackson is an interdisciplinary designer and researcher passionate about product design. Jackson started her color design career as part of a
Kimmy Schenter
Kimmy Schenter graduated from California State Northridge with a bachelors in fashion merchandising and design then with a masters from University of California Davis in
Lisa Silveira
Classes: Apparel Construction, Intermediate Sewing, Special Classes With an educational background in Architecture and Apparel Design, Lisa Silveira loves to solve complex design problems. Her
Mary Iris Gray
Class: Industrial Machine Sewing Mary Iris Gray has been sewing for 15 years and loves sewing as much today as when picking out her first
Rianna Aguirre
Classes: Apparel Construction, Intermediate Sewing: Pants & Jeans, Jackets Adrianna (Rianna) Aguirre graduated from The Academy of Art University in 2012 with a BFA in
Stephanie Mendes
Class: Beginning Sewing, Couture Mendes studied Fashion Design and Merchandising at the University of Rhode Island, followed by a second bachelor’s degree in Web Marketing
Suzi Gurney
Classes: Beginning Sewing, Knits & Activewear Gurney is passionate about fashion and sewing. She’s worked behind the scenes in the fashion industry for over two
Talya Tapley
Classes: Apparel Business Legal Basics Talya is an attorney licensed to practice in California. Coming from a business and entrepreneurial background, she has operated
Tricia Langman
Classes: Textiles, Textile Design, Sustainable Design Tricia Langman has over eighteen years experience designing for prestigious fashion companies worldwide, including Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Halston