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Gender	Female
Industry	Education
Occupation	Full-time high school art teacher, part-time freelance food and lifestyles writer, sometimes vegan cooking instructor
Location	Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
Introduction	Betsy DiJulio, M.A., Ed.S., is a full-time National Board Certified art teacher at Princess Anne High School where she was chosen as the 2009-2010 Teacher of the Year before going on to be chosen as the 2009-2010 citywide Teacher of the Year for the Virginia Beach City Public Schools district. This "official artist" for the Rock-n-Roll Half Marathon in Virginia Beach teaches beginning through advanced placement courses to both general education and International Baccalaureate Middle Years and Diploma Program students. A part-time freelance writer and photo stylist--who has won some national recipe contests--she focuses on topics of food, art, home and garden design, "green" initiatives and small businesses. Her work in the field of art education is published at the national level in SchoolArts Magazine. This longtime vegetarian turned vegan is an animal lover, animal rights supporter and SPCA volunteer. DiJulio and her husband, Joe, have been married since 1990 and share their home with a pack of beloved canines.