Kristine Rivera is a Long Island artist and artist teacher who attended Pratt Institute and Hofstra University. She received her MSed in art education and her MFA in Art Curriculum Design. Rivera is primarily an oil painter but often works in colored pencil. She has exhibited works on several occasions at both The Art Guild and Hofstra University. These shows included works from her “Heritage” series, a collection of oil paintings of dominos symbolic of the Puerto Rican culture. Her “Memento Vivre” series, inspired by memento mori, but focusing on life rather than death was shown at Hofstra University received acclaim through Hofstra News. She currently teaches at The Art Guild as well as Weber Middle School in Port Washington.