Our First Hero

Pat Wayne is the Director of Programs and Education at the Arts Orange County Organization. In coordination with the Orange County Board of Education, Arts OC has set up 14 of the 28 school districts in Orange County with strategic arts plans and arts coordinators to help reestablish stability. These districts include: Access, Capistrano, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, Newport-Mesa, Ocean View, Orange, Saddlebck, Westinster, Anaheim, Cypress, Irvine, and Lowell.

Within this interview, Pat lays out a couple of contributing factors to the financial burdens in Orange County schools. She also reinforces the importance of creativity in the school environment. Her devotion towards the arts has crowned her the first hero on the site.

For more information about Arts OC please visit their website: www.artsoc.org