About the Artist

Hi! It’s me, Tracy, the artist you might have seen driving a rainbow glitter van around town. I spent about 2,000 hours in the last year painting and decorating the van, so I suppose that means I’m a full time artist, although my official training is in science and science education. 

I was born in Houston, went to Washington University in Saint Louis for my undergraduate degree in biology, returned to the University of Texas Houston Health Sciences Center for my Ph.D. in biomedical sciences with a specialization in pharmacology, then earned an additional master’s degree in science education from Pace University in New York, NY.

Super Auto Pets is a fantastic video game, and I’ve painted my van in that style. What’s so great about Super Auto Pets? To put it simply, it’s a fun game with cute animals that even tiny children can play and win, but is still fun for adults. From an educational perspective, Super Auto Pets is a differentiated math and reading lesson for kids. 

Super Auto Pets is such a great game that, if I were a teacher of young kids, I’d encourage them to play the game as a sneaky way to get them to practice adding, multiplying, reading, and strategy.