Mrs. Vaccaro has been married to her husband, Vito, for 23 years. They have 2 children, Mia Gayle and Joe. She's lived in Central Oregon for 24 years and originally joined the CCS staff in 2021 to teach 2nd grade.

She has a Bachelor's of Science degree in Elementary Education from Concordia University Nebraska. She's taught for over 25 years and in the past has taught 4th grade, 2nd grade & Kindergarten at Christian schools in Oakland, CA and Bend, OR. She also taught art classes and camps at the Bay Area School of the Arts and also led trainings to help educate teachers in using directed drawing across the curriculum.

Mrs. Vaccaro loves to share her love of art with all the grade levels at CCS and to see our students grow in skill, creativity and art appreciation.  She loves watching students use their God given gifts to create unique art, learn new techniques and work with new mediums and building relationships with her students and their families.