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EDUCATION 

San Francisco State University

2024 Ethnic Studies Curriculum Certificate 

 

San Jose State University

2021 M.A. Interdisciplinary Studies - Social Justice & Wellness in Art Education

2019 Secondary Education Teaching Credential: Art 

2018 Thelma & Carl Ulrich Scholarship

2017 BA Design Studies: Concentration in Graphic Design, Summa Cum Laude

2015 O.C. Williams Humanities Scholarship

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2024 Visual Arts Teacher, Mt. Pleasant Elementary School, MACLA, San Jose CA

2018 - 2024 Visual Arts Teacher, James Lick High School, San Jose CA

2022 - 2024 Facilitator, Public Health Campaign Cohorts, SJSU Public Health x AACI 

2024 Facilitator, Family Health Fair, Painting Workshop, AACI

2023 Facilitator, Family Art Day, Printmaking Workshop, MACLA 

2023 Facilitator, D.I.Y. Zine Making Youth Workshop, AACI

2022 Facilitator, Seed Share & Plant Propagation Workshop, SJ Made Film Festival 

2022 Facilitator, Art as Affirmation Workshop, Mosaic Festival

2022 Facilitator, Art Workshop Series, Viva Parks x MACLA Art Showcase 

2021 Facilitator, Printmaking As Resistance Linocut Workshop, MACLA

2021 Facilitator, D-I-Y Zines! Virtual Workshop, S.C.C. Youth Poet Laureate

2018 Facilitator, CA Teaching Summit’s Better Together Conference

2014 - 2017 Art Teaching Assistant, Sacramento State Academic Talent Search

 

AFFILIATIONS

2018 - Now Founder, Martha Street Art Night, San Jose CA

2024 - Now Community Engagement Specialist, Mosaiceye Collective

2022 - Now Member, Local Commons, Local Color San Jose CA

2023 Awareness in Action Cohort, L.E.A.D. Filipino

2022 Sacred Rivers Institute Susu Cohort, Oakland CA

2020 - 2021 Representative, Martha Gardens Art District, San Jose CA

2021 Art & Design Committee Member, UC Berkeley’s E.W.O.C.C., Berkeley CA

2020 Art & Design Committee Lead, UC Berkeley’s E.W.O.C.C., Berkeley CA

2018 - 2020 Art Community Manager, Be the Change Yoga & Wellness, San Jose CA

2018 - 2020 Arts Program Coordinator, Conscious San Jose Festival & Viva Parks Program 

2018 11th Cohort Member, Multicultural Arts Leadership Institute, San Jose CA

 

PUBLICATIONS

2020 - 2024 Team Lead & Designer, Martha Street Art Night Zine Issues 1-10

2021 Artist, I Am, art book, SJSU x Washington University Printmaking Department

 

FEATURES

2023 Speaker, San Jose Art Zine & Book Fair Artist Talk, Empire 7 Studios

2023 Interviewee, KQED San Jose’s Art Zine & Book Fair Celebrates Local Talent

2023 Keynote Speaker, SLAM Youth Conference, AACI, San Jose CA

2019 Featured Artist, Content Magazine Issue 11.4

 

CURATION

2023 Organizer, Community Kick Back x SJ Made, Berryessa Flea Market

2023 Organizer, Make Music x Go Skate Day, Empire 7 Studios

2023 Organizer, Creative Corner Series x SJ Makers, Empire 7 Studios

2022 Organizer, Compost Zine Release, Philz SJ 

2019 - 2020 Organizer, Be the Change x SJMQT “Element Series” 

2019 Gallery Curator, Martha Street Art x Chamber Music SV, San Jose CA

2019 Gallery Curator, Martha Street Art x JTown Artwalk, Jack’s Bar, San Jose CA

 

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

2022 - 2023 ESTA Equity Committee Chair, East Side Union High School District

2022 Advisory Board Member, SJ Sharks x Zoom Mural Project , San Jose CA

2021 Social Media Lead, heARTs Delight Virtual Event, Martha Gardens Art District

2020 Co-Organizer, San Jose City Hall Resource Fair

2020 Live Painter, CONXION Market, Collaboration with Itzayana Silva

2020 Curtain Call Live Selection Committee, Hammer Theater, San Jose CA

2019 Arts Advocacy Representative, California Arts Advocacy Day, Sacramento CA

2017 Assistant to Photography Facility Coordinator, SJSU Photo Department

2016 - 2019 Member, San Jose State University, Fresh Pressed Printmaker’s Guild

2015 - 2018 Member, SJSU Ceramics Guild

 

PUBLIC ART 

2024 Hotel Keen Mural, Palo Alto CA (In Progress)

2024 ArtBoxSJ Electrical Box Painting - San Jose CA

2022 Womanhood Public Art Project - Anonymous No More, San Jose CA

2020 Pro Bono Mural, Art Ark Apartments, San Jose CA

2020 Frogger Mural, Cambria Solutions, Sacramento CA

2019 Community Mural, “Libertad,” James Lick High School Mural, San Jose CA

 

NOTABLE FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECTS & CLIENTS

2024 “Our Home San Mateo” Housing Campaign

2023 Evergreen Valley College “Make Connections That Count” Campaign

2021 Evergreen Valley College - received Marketing Award

2019 Blueprint for Change, Castellano Family Foundation 

2018 MALI Brown Paper, School of Arts and Culture
 

EXHIBITIONS

2023

Sow and Grow, Empire 7 Studios, San Jose CA

Latino Art Now! Annual Auction, MACLA, San Jose CA

Lunar New Year, Tamper Room, Fremont CA

 

2022

Latino Art Now! Annual Auction, MACLA, San Jose CA

El Corazón del Barrio Graffiti Art Show, San Jose CA

Cihuapilli del Barrio Art Show, Reyes Muertos Kali, San Jose CA

 

2020

SOFA Market Gallery, San Jose CA

Avenida de Altares, Dia de los Muertos, School of Arts & Culture, San Jose CA

Art Residency, Philz Coffee, San Jose CA

Art Residency, 363 The Roots (collaboration with Martha Street), San Jose CA

 

2019

Avenida de Altares, Dia de los Muertos, School of Arts & Culture, San Jose CA

Gallery 408, Local Color, San Jose CA

Art Showcase, Park Fine Art, Sacramento CA

Pedacitos de Arte, Chromatic Cafe, Santa Clara CA

Art n’ Flow, Japantown Artwalk, San Jose CA

Dia de los Muertos, Cava 22, San Francisco CA

 

2018

Amor Nunca Muertos, Love is a Verb Collective, Sacramento CA

Purpose in Print, Fresh Pressed Printmaker’s Guild, San Jose State University

Impermanence of Mind, Social Policy Cafe, San Jose CA

 

2016-2017

Work Worth Doing, BA Senior Show, San Jose State University

Under Pressure, Screenprint Group Show, San Jose State University

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