Cookie-A-Thon Instructors

Catherine Allen
Catherine is a wife and busy mom of three grown kids & one grandson. What started out as a hobby 24 years ago is now a full-time cottage business that is appropriately named BusyMom Baking. Catherine has started a new journey of teaching cookie classes and hopes to expand her business further.

Manuela Silvia Taddeo
Manuela, Pastry Chef and Cake Decorator, is co-owner of MABANUBY Artistic Pastry shop in Milan(Italy) that produce cakes and cookies. She has a passion for decorating and has been featured in numerous publications and received awards including the Italian Cup of Artistic Pastry.

Nancy Westfall
HOST
Nancy is the creator of The Colorful Cookie, The Colorful Cookie Club, Procreate Fast Track Online Course, and the founder/host of Cookie-A-Thon. Nancy has a passion for learning new things and teaching cookiers how to design cookie stencils and cookie cutters. She loves being a part of the cookie community!

Pamela Yochum
Pamela's cookie journey began in 2016 with a personal challenge of creating one cookie a day for a year. She launched her business called Grammy Pammy Sweetery in 2017. She has had the privilege of being an instructor at Cookie Con 2023. She is always learning something new!

Paulina Perez Ordonez
Paulina is a Graphic designer and self-taught baker in México.She started her baking journey with cakes, but switched to decorated cookies as her main product. She loves teaching cookie decorating and creating social media content with tips and tricks for new cookiers.
