Linda Candela joined the Bethpage High School Art Department in 1987. A year later she took on the role of yearbook Advisor, a position she kept until she was appointed Art Chairperson in her fourth year. Over the following years she worked tirelessly to increase the role of the Visual Arts in the high school by adding a number of new course offerings that included Humanities, Fashion Design, Computer Art, School as Canvas, Digital Photography and AP Studio Art.
Over the course of 25 years at Bethpage High School Linda started the Art & Literary Magazine Perspectives and was the Art advisor for a number of years. She was one of eleven Nassau educators selected for the first Russian-American Educators Cultural Exchange. Linda was active in the Art Supervisors Association as Treasurer and Membership Secretary, and a chairperson for the All County District Art Exhibit. She was also a Senior Class Advisor for 12 Years and the Yearbook Business Advisor towards the end of her teaching career. In addition to her role of educator, Linda also served as a high school representative for the Bethpage Congress of Teachers, then became the Treasurer for the BCT and upon her retirement was the HS vice- president for the BCT.