Kathleen's artwork investigates the passage of time, memory, and the fleeting nature of experience, particularly focusing on intimate spaces and relationships. Sanker is a distinguished, award-winning Professor of Art at St Charles Community College, where she has devoted over two decades to helping students expand their creative life experiences and artistic toolboxes. Her exceptional teaching has won her a post-graduate fellowship at Washington University (2001), the prestigious Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award (2016), as well as the Callanan Excellence in Teaching Award from CENTER Santa Fe (2024). Her academic credentials include an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis and a BFA from the University of Missouri–Columbia. Her work is held in collections internationally.