Mary Beth NixonMary Beth Nixon is an artist and an art teacher with Chesapeake Public Schools in Chesapeake, VA. If I Could Jump is a collaboration of work she did with friends Ben and Jacquie White. She received a BFA and MFA in Art from Virginia Commonwealth Univrsity. While teaching at VCU as adjunct faculty, she found another direction, teaching art! She then received a BFA in Art Education at VCU. Mary Beth is currently teaching elementary students because young artists love to draw animals, too. Read More Read Less