353B 29th street
san francisco, ca 94131
Masters
of Fine Arts in Media Arts
Photography/Film/Video
May 2007
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bachelor
of Fine Arts in Photography
Bachelor
of Fine Arts in Art Education
Graduated Cum Laude,
Winter 1999 G.P.A. 3.63
ALANA (African, Latino/a, Asian/ Pacific Islander,
and Native American students) Honor Society
San Francisco CA
June 2007-present
Amherst Pelham Regional High School - Art Teacher
Amherst
MA September 2000 - June 2005
Foundations of Art, Photography I and
Advanced Photo, Gr. 9-12
Curriculum Development: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Installation, Video, Photography and Multimedia
high school arts programming with strong focus on Multicultural Arts Education
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Art
Set Designer, High School Musicals 2001-2003
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Developed/Directed
multimedia youth initiated activist art and performance group called AWARE
(post 9/11/01)
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Director
of Eve EnslerÕs Vagina Monologues
Deerfield Academy Summer Arts Camp -
Executive Director
Deerfield
MA Summer 2002 Ð June 2005
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Camp
Supervisor and Studio Instructor
RELATED
EXPERIENCE
San
Francisco CA Fall 2006
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ÒWhatÕs
The StoryÓ, exhibit featuring artists and writers using narrative
Amherst MA January 2001
- June 2003
Ware MA January 1999 - January
2001
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All
girls middle school photography leadership program
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Student
work exhibited twice a year in the community
Ware MA September 1999
- 2002
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Coed
photo/leadership program for youth
* Neighborhood Public Radio, Participating Artist, San Francisco, CA Mar 06-pres.
* Performance with William Pope. L Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, March 2007
* World Savvy Arts Festival Performance Zeum, San Francisco, CA Oct 2006
* Art and Ecology Festival, San Francisco CA Performance ÒThe DuelÓ Sept 2006
* All that Remains, PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA July 2006
* Process, PLAySPACE Gallery, San
Francisco, CA June 2006
* Go Collaborative, Varnish Fine Arts
Gallery, San Francisco, CA February 2006
* Speak UP SF! , Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA December 2005
* Why We Teach, Teachers
College Press, ed. Sonia Nieto Published Spring 2005
* Papson and Rye, Vibes Gallery,
Worcester, MA 2003
* Art from the Mechanism2, Pivot Gallery, Florence,
MA 2001
* An Empty Chair, 2
Sedative Fillings & Endless Off-site Dances, MA 2000
- Robert Frost Chair for Teaching Excellence Award Nominee
Amherst High School, 2003-2004
- Amherst Area Educational Alliance Grant
Aware Performance Group, 2001-2004
TRAVEL/OTHER
SKILLS *Traveled extensively in
Ecuador,
*Fluent in native language
of Spanish Greece, Italy, Spain, & Mexico
*Native of New York City