Laura Hobby currently serves the Hillsborough County Public Schools as K-12 Visual and Theatre Arts Supervisor.  This is her 4th year in the position, having come to the district office after twenty-five years in the classroom.  In addition to being a proud public-school educator,  Laura is a board member of the Florida Art Education Association (Advocacy Co-Chair and Member-At-Large) and 2024 Florida Association for Theatre Education Outstanding Theatre Arts Administrator.  In addition, she serves on the Education Committees for both the Tampa Museum of Art and The Dali. When she is not busy advocating for arts education, Laura enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, playing with her cocker spaniel, and creating new paintings and anything fiber arts related.