I teach mathematics at the Fashion Institute of Technology, which is part of the State University of New York. My students receive Associate (2 year) and Bachelor (4 year) degrees in Art & Design, or in Business & Technology. I prefer teaching students in Art & Design, as the matheamtics courses they take are more visual than the skills-based courses the Business & Technology students take. Most of the students at F.I.T. have weak skills and a fear of mathematics. It is fun for me to try to make math accessible to them. They can relate to subjects like the golden ratio, Penrose tiles, knots and mazes, fractals, etc. In analyzing and quantifying shapes, they use logical powers they never knew they had. These logical analyses are used along with their propensity for design.Under a National Science Foundation grant I developed curriculum for the Art and Design student titled "Geometry and the Art of Design." The 5 major categories in the curriculum are: symmetry, phi and Fibonacci, tiling, polyhedra, and topology. The curriculum is designed to unite the students' creativity with logical processes and to show that mathematics does relate to and can enhance design.I believe that my artistic background has given me an affinity to this career. For many years I was a dancer and a musician. Currently I play the double bass, playing in community orchestras, in amateur chamber music groups, and with my husband who is a jazz musician.