Curriculum Vitae

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LINK TO THE MOST UPDATED CV HERE.

Education

2026

MFA in Art — Studio Arts Option, California State University, Los Angeles

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, California State University, Los Angeles

2024

Electives in Photography, Monterey Peninsula College

2023

BA in Art with Departmental Honors, Minor in Digital Arts,  University of California, Irvine 

2021

General Education, Moreno Valley College 

General Education, Mt. San Jacinto College

Professional Experience

2025

Teaching Associate, Intro to Digital Photography, Cal State LA Department, Los Angeles, CA

Teaching Assistant to Oliverio Rodriguez, Art and Design in the Community, Cal State LA Art Department, Los Angeles, CA

Mentor for Creative Entrepreneurship Opportunities (CEO) Class,  Las Fotos Project, Boyle Heights, CA

Teaching Assistant to Oliverio Rodriguez, Intro to Digital Photography & Capstone II, Cal State LA Art Department, Los Angeles, CA

Graduate Assistant to Phoebe Takeda, Intro to Fashion and Fiber Art, Cal State LA Art Department, Los Angeles

Graduate Assistant to Oliverio Rodriguez, Los Angeles, CA

2024

Graduate Assistant to Lori Rusch, Art History: Caves to Cathedrals, Cal State LA Art Department, Los Angeles, CA 

2023

Gallery Research Intern, University Art Galleries, Irvine, CA  

Art Summer Counselor, Summer Academies in the Arts at UCI, Irvine, CA 

Teaching Artist in Drawing, UCI Creative Connections, Irvine, CA

Website and Communications Coordinator, UCI SOAR Center, Irvine, CA 

UCI School of the Arts Senator, ASUCI, Irvine, CA  

Exhibitions

2025

“You need to be more selfish,” Solo Show, FA126A, Cal State LA, Los Angeles, CA

”Soft Launch: material projects DTLA | Inaugural Group Exhibition,” material projects DTLA, Los Angeles, CA

“The Parts That Make the Whole,” Solo Show, COMA Student Gallery, Cal State LA, Los Angeles, CA

2024

“UCLA New Wight Biennial: Social Sediment,” New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2023

“Phantom Limb”, University Art Galleries, Irvine CA

UCI Art Department 18th Undergraduate Juried Show, University Art, Galleries, Irvine, CA 

Selected Projects

2025

Guest Panelist and Facilitator,  “Night to Network,” Las Fotos Project, Boyle Heights, CA

Guest Speaker, “Artist Talk: Jo Lacangan,” Cal State LA,  Los Angeles, CA

Movement Artist and Panelist,  ”Unleashing Tendrils: A Web of Dances,” Automata, Los Angeles, CA

Symposium Speaker, “Artist Talk: Jo Lacangan,” 2B Artist Summer Symposium

Participant,  “Hauser & Wirth James Jarvaise & Henry Taylor Learning Education Lab: Mentorship Moments 2025,” Hauser and Wirth, Los Angeles, CA

Guest Speaker, “Artist Talk: Jo Lacangan,” Monterey Peninsula College,  Monterey, CA

Guest Speaker, “Artist Talk: Jo Lacangan,” 2B Artist Residency

Guest Speaker, “The Parts That Make the Whole” Artist Talk, COMA Student Gallery, Cal State LA, Los Angeles

2023

“Think of it as money!” - Gallery Research Intern, University Art Galleries, Irvine, CA

“Affective Resistance” - Gallery Research Intern, University Art Galleries, Irvine, CA

Leadership Positions

2025

Graduate Student Representative, CSULA Art Department – Exhibition and Community Affairs Committee, Cal State LA

Treasurer, Women’s Gender, and Sexualities Studies (WGSS) Club, Cal State LA

Gallery Director, FA126 (Formerly COMA), Cal State LA

Vice President, Studio Art Student Society (SASS), Cal State LA

Assistant to the Gallery Director, COMA Student Gallery, Cal State LA

Founding Member/Treasurer - Studio Art Student Society (SASS), Cal State LA

Graduate Student Representative, CSULA Art Department – Student Policy and Scholarship Committee, Cal State LA

2024

Off Campus Advisor - Conceptual Collective Plus

2023

President/Founder - Conceptual Collective Plus (CCPlus), UC Irvine

Arts Funding Board Chair - ASUCI Senate 2023, UC Irvine Communications Director - Catalyst Undergraduate Art Gallery, UC Irvine

Awards and Recognitions

2025

Graduate Equity Fellowship Recipient, courtesy of CSULA Graduate Resource Center, Cal State LA, awarded AY 25-26

Joseph G. Uribe Memorial Scholarship, courtesy of CSULA Art Department, Cal State LA, awarded Fall 2025

Emeriti Association – Mary Gormly Memorial Fellowship, Cal State LA, awarded AY 25-26

2B Artist Residency, hosted by Dominic Quagliozzi

2023

UCI Departmental Art Honors Program, 2022–2023

UCI Dean’s Honor List Winter 2022 – Fall 2023