Bio

Janae O’Shields is the Assistant Director of the Lawson Academy and Director of Lawson's Fine Arts Day Camp. She has worked with the program since 2005, serving as a camp teacher and assistant director before beginning her directorship in 2008. She began working full time at the Lawson Academy in 2015 after several years as a classroom teacher. Originally from Easley, SC, Janae has always pursued an interest in the arts, participating in music, writing, theater, and visual art throughout her own pre-college years. She came to Converse in 2003 and graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and music, and in 2009 with a Master of Arts degree in teaching. Janae also serves as Music Minister at Cowpens First Baptist Church.