ES SPOTLIGHT: Takeya Trayer

Takeya Trayer is an artist/educator with a special interest in early childhood education. She is a member of the faculty of The Experiential School as the arts specialist, or Atelerista. In this role she supports learning of visual arts, performing arts, music and dance, technology and more. She has also coached at Shorecrest. 

Ms. Trayer holds a Bachelor of Art in Fine Arts from St. Joseph’s University, an Associate of Science in Computer Animation from the Art Institute of Philadelphia, and a master’s degree in Character Animation from the Academy of Art University. She has most recently been a preschool teacher at St. Pete Prep Learning Center. 

Ms. Trayer has two sons at Shorecrest, Aziz '28 and Kyerim '31.

We asked Takeya some get-to-know you questions:

Who is your hero?

My mother 

My aunts and cousins used to call me TT or Keya

Watch a movie in another language about a game with a relative while reading subtitles. Why choose one? 

Alaska 

EGYPT when the pyramids were being started to see whose plan it was and how the pyramids were built. 

Fun, creative, kind, healthy, foodie

Learning about technology that helps create music, animation, AR art, reading, biking, traveling, eating foods from other cultures, being in nature, going to the beach, building things, exercise, health and sustainability, learning language...

A yummy meal - Turkish Kaneefa 

Flying or breathing in water 

Giraffe 

Wouldn’t that alter my present? 

Underwater in a coral reef or cave 

It is full of life, challenge, growth and learning about, with, and from little people. 

Being a parent 

My children/ being a parent