Nick Templeton is a Houston-based poet and educator with an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston and a BA in English and Hispanic Studies from Pacific Lutheran University. His experience includes teaching creative writing and poetry workshops, tutoring middle and high school students, and working with college students on academic and creative writing. He also served as an Inprint Fellow in Narrative and Lyric Health at the University of Houston's Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, where he helped integrate reflective writing into medical education. As a teaching fellow at Iconoclast Artists, Nick draws on his background in poetry and writing instruction to help students harness the power of language, supporting each student’s growth in their ability to express complex thoughts & feelings.  His bilingual skills enable him to facilitate creative writing in both English & Spanish, expanding access to our program for native Spanish speakers.  Outside of the classroom, if you hand Nick a guitar, he might just sing you a song.