CV
Education:
*Masters of Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2019
-Certificate in Nonprofit Management
*Bachelor of Arts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2007
-Focus: Painting & Drawing; Spanish Language
-Certificate in Cultures & Communities
*Post Baccalaureate in Art Education, DPI Certified Educator
*230 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher, Yoga Center of Minneapolis, 2016
Teaching/Community Outreach Experience:
-2020-Present: Art Teacher, Milwaukee Public Schools
-2020: Arts @ Large Resident Artist at Ronald McDonald House and Arts for All; Milwaukee, WI
-2019-Present: Yoga Instructor, UWM College of Health Sciences
-2019-Present: Mindfulness Instructor, Milwaukee Public Schools
-Summer 2019 & Summer 2020: Summer Reading Outreach Consultant, Milwaukee Public Libraries
-2018-2019: Art Teacher at Tamarack Waldorf High School; Milwaukee, WI
-2016-2017: Teaching Assistant for Art 100 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
-2015-2016: Lead Art Teacher at KidsCreate; Twins Cities, MN
-2007-2012: Arts Education Coordinator, Mary Ryan Boys & Girls Club, Sherman Park Branch; Milwaukee, WI
Grants/Awards
-Selected Artist for the James Watrous / Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, Madison, WI. 2023
-Milwaukee Area Teachers of Art Pelican Award of Excellence, 2023
-Finalist for Mary Nohl Fellowship in Emerging Artist Category, 2019
-Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, UW-Milwaukee, 2018-2019
-Racine Art Museum Watercolor Wisconsin Award Winner, 2012, 2013, 2022
-Chris Protz Award for Commitment and Excellence, Milwaukee Boys & Girls Club, 2013
Selected List of Exhibitions
-2023, James Watrous Gallery / Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters; Solo Exhibition: "Of Words and Trees: A Collaboration With My Father"
-2023, "Flying High;" Scout Gallery; Milwaukee, WI
-2023: Milwaukee Area Teachers of Art 81st Annual Exhibition
-2022, 2021, 2020, 2017, 2014, 2013, 2012; Racine Art Museum; Watercolor Wisconsin; Artist; Racine, WI
-2020: Racine Art Museum; Community Art Show; Racine, WI
-2020: Scout’s Honor; Collective Exhibition; Milwaukee, WI
-2020: Shorewood Signaling Box Public Art Project; Shorewood, WI
-2019: Artists Working in Education & Layton Blvd West Neighborhood Mural Collaboration; Muralist, Milwaukee, WI
-2019: Kenilworth Square East Gallery; MFA Exhibition; Artist, Milwaukee, WI
-2018: Villa Terrace Art Museum; “Look Here!” Project; Artist; Milwaukee, WI
-2017: AlphaBang Gallery; “This is MKE,” Artist; Milwaukee, WI
-2016: The Color Wheel Gallery; “Fight Like a Mother,” Artist; Minneapolis, MN
-2015: The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts; “solo mujeres,” Artist; San Francisco
-2015: The Jazz Gallery; “woman (distinguished from man)”, Artist; Milwaukee, WI
-2011 & 2012: RedLine; Timeline Artist-in-Residence Show; Artist; Milwaukee, WI
-2009: Jazz Gallery; (re)cycle, (re)visit, Artist; Milwaukee, WI
-2006: El Centro de Cesar Chavez; Muralist; Milwaukee, WI
-2005: la proteccion do las jovenes indigenas; Muralist; Oaxaca, Mexico
Panels, Lectures:
-2019: Kenilworth Square East Gallery; MFA Exhibition; Panelist, Milwaukee, WI
-2018: Digital Humanities Lab; UWM Libraries; Panelist for Look Here! Project; Milwaukee, WI
-2017 & 2018: United Nation’s Summit on Women, Gender, and Well-Being; Lecturer; UW-Madison, Madison, WI
-2015: Alverno College: Guest Lecturer in Latin American Studies course; Milwaukee, WI
Residency Experience:
--2019-Present: Studio Artist at Scout Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
-2020: Arts @ Large Resident Artist, Milwaukee, WI
-2011-2013: Artist-in-Residence, RedLine Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Collaborative Curatorial Experience:
-2019: The Demeter Foundation: Works on Paper from Wisconsin’s Incarcerated and Recently Incarcerated Women