Our Team
The People Behind the Scenes
Diana Torres
Dean of Arts
Diana Torres, Dean of the Arts and Humanities Department, has been teaching Dance, Drama, and the Theatre Arts since 1992. She obtained a BFA in Theatre Arts in 1990 from the National University of Fine Arts in Mexico City, Mexico, before going on to teach and perform for the stage and film in both Mexico and the U.S. She joined Sallie B. Howard in 2001 as a teacher and was awarded the first Lynn Wright Professional Teaching Grant from the American Association of Theatre Educators in 2011.
Janie Bocanegra Tyndall
Technical Theatre Specialist
Janie Bocanegra Tyndall joined our team in August, 2022. She is responsible for creating and maintaining the catalogue, theatre space bookings, and teaching the tech theatre class. Janie has a Bachelor's of Arts in Theatre Arts from East Carolina University, and a Master's of Teaching from Liberty University.
Amanda Janson
Theatre Arts Teacher
Originally from Chicago, Amanda Janson has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre with an emphasis in Directing and Stage Management. She worked in New York and other places around the world doing theatre professionally. Amanda taught English as a foreign language in South Korea for 3 years and ran the theatre department at a private school before coming to Sallie B. Howard. She has always loved theatre and lives with her husband and Doberman Pinschers in Goldsboro.