I live in Hastings-on-Hudson with my husband, two talented daughters, and a pair of playful cats.

I'm an avid collector of DIY/maker type hobbies - from baking bread, canning sauces and fruit preserves, knitting or crocheting creations for my family to spending time outdoors gardening.

I'm a computer scientist by training but a maker at heart, aiming to channel my "jack of all trades" qualities to create a community united by the passion to make.

I envision the Maker Hive as a place where creativity and technology intersect harmoniously.

I'm also passionate about increasing women in STEM fields and I hope the Maker Hive will help shape a future generation of female STEM leaders.

Hayley Ferber is an artist, educator, and curator living in Brooklyn, New York. As Operations Director at The Clemente Center, she supports a creative community of multidisciplinary artists. In her personal artistic practice, she explores nautical and maritime themes through artist books and printmaking. She has exhibited her work at the Kalamazoo Book Art Center, Equity Gallery, Chashama, the Pelham Art Center, Wickford Art Association, San Francisco Center for the Book, 92NY and Aqua Art Miami. With over 15 years of teaching experience, Hayley loves sharing her artistic passions and practices with her students and has taught workshops for the Swiss Institute, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Brooklyn Public Library, Pelham Art Center and Gallery North. She was a resident artist at ChaNorth in 2021 and received her MAT in Art & Design Education from RISD and BS in Studio Art from NYU. www.hayleyferber.com

Kaili Woop is a multimedia artist and designer based in Astoria, Queens. In 2023, she graduated from SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology with a BFA in Fine Arts and five minors in Art History, Sociology, Latin American Studies, Spanish and Italian. She was a 2023 recipient of the Robert Blackburn Printmaking award and the SUNY Chancellor award. She was the President for the club "Urban Studio" at FIT. Her artwork has been displayed at US+U gallery in Yonkers, The SUNY Chancellor’s Gallery, The Alpha Workshops Gallery, AHA Fine Art Gallery, The Museum at FIT, the Brooklyn Art Cave and the Plaxall Gallery at the the Long Island City Culture Club.​ She has been teaching workshops for over a year with US+U. Kaili is currently passionate about developing her own wearable art and design brand using traditional printmaking techniques for clothing and accessories.

www.kailiwoop.com

Emily Erwin-McGuire is a teacher who wears many hats. At the Hive she teaches classes that bring out students inner creativity and ability to problem solve. A lifelong resident of Hastings, Emily brings a wealth of experience as a former public school educator and art teacher. With a passion for nurturing young talent, Emily is so excited to be teaching crafting classes and cardboard engineering this Fall at the Hive!

Bonnie Natko was surrounded by fiber arts and textiles from a young age, but oddly didn’t start her stitching journey until three years ago, when everything just clicked. Since then, she has developed an ever-evolving stitching practice that includes embroidery, bargello, needlepoint, and weaving. In her work, Bonnie likes to infuse high-tech concepts with hand-crafted work, and is a true proponent of experiential learning. In 2022, she created Data Stitching, which is a way to learn data visualization through bargello needlepoint and has presented at the Hudson Valley Maker Faire and will also be presenting at the Coney Island Maker Faire this October.