Suzanne Parrish has an undergraduate degree in Art from Virginia Tech and an MA from George Mason University in New Professionalism in Teaching, specializing in innovative thinking and development of meaningful curriculum and expression in and through the arts. She has taught classes and camps at the Art League for two decades. Her artwork has been shown in galleries, shows and a variety of spaces around the Washington, DC area and beyond.

Parrish actively teaches Visual Arts to elementary age students, designing theater sets and event décor as well as illustrating homes and illuminating letters.