EDUCATION

University of Southern California, Roski School of Art and Design

  • 2023-2025:  
    MA candidate, Curatorial Practices and the Public Sphere
    MA Practicum Group Exhibition, Co-Curator: Steep, Alter, Ritual
    Thesis Committee: Andy Campbell (Advisor), Amelia Jones, Nao Bustamante

California State University-Los Angeles

  • 2020-2022:  
    BA, Art History
    Advisor: Julian Nykolak
    Capstone: Erasure & Exclusion: Trans Identity in Andy Warhol’s Ladies and Gentlemen (1975) Series

Los Angeles City College

  • 2020:  
    AA, Art History & Liberal Arts Studies

AWARDS

  • 2024: Certificate of Recognition from California State Assemblymember, Rick Chavez Zbur, recognizing me as a co-curator of the Circa: Queer Histories Festival featured exhibition, Our Patch: LGBTQ+ Life from Cradle to Grave exhibited at the Los Angeles LGBT Center, for featuring intertwined histories of LGBTQ+ community care, organizing, and movement building throughout the Greater Los Angeles region

  • 2023-2025: Friends of Fine Arts Endowed Scholarship, University of Southern California, Roski School of Art and Design

  • 2022: Summa Cum Laude Honors, California State University-Los Angeles

  • 2021: Certificate of Achievement in Recognition of Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, Día de Los Muertos, Hollywood Forever, Los Angeles

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

  • November 1-26, 2024: Co-Curator, Steep, Alter, Ritual, MA Group Practicum Exhibition, USC Roski Graduate Gallery, Arts District, Los Angeles, CA

  • October 1-31, 2024: Co-Curator, Our Patch: LGBTQ+ Life from Cradle to Grave, ONE Institute Circa Festival, Los Angeles LGBT Center Advocate & Gochis Galleries, Los Angeles, CA

MUSEUM & ARCHIVAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2022-2023: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, CA, Visitor Experience Associate

  • 2022: John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, California State University, Los Angeles, Special Collections and Archives Assistant

  • 2019-2020: The Broad Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Retail Associate

INTERNSHIPS

  • 2024: Gagosian, Beverly Hills, CA, Gallery Intern (Social Abstraction; Art for a Safe and Healthy California in Partnership with Jane Fonda)

  • 2022: Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., Katzenberger Art History Intern (Interned for Carolyn Russo, Curator of the Art Collection and Trophy Collection)

SYMPOSIA CO-ORGANIZED

  • 2022: Art History Society at California State University-Los Angeles Art & Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles - “Códice Maya de México: Discovery and Authenticity of the Oldest Maya Codex.”

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

  • 2022: Vice President of the Art History Society, California State University, Los Angeles

  • 2021: Secretary of the Art History Society, California State University, Los Angeles

COMMUNITY

  • 2016, 2018: Fundraiser and Participant Walker, AIDS Walk, Los Angeles

SKILLS

Proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft OneDrive, Google Suite, Canvas, Drop Box, The Museum System (TMS), Digital Asset Management System (DAMS), research, writing, organization, and detail-oriented tasks. Exceptional communication, time management, and customer service skills.