Biography
Designer, educator, producer, artist, innovator, experimenter, and creative thinker with experience in designing and managing creative projects. I thrive when I can apply creative processes of design thinking, systemic thinking, team-project ideation, prototyping, and social innovation. For the past few years I have been growing my 3D motion graphics skills working primarily in Cinema 4D, Redshift, After Effects, and have recently started on Unreal Engine for VR applications and virtual production.
I was born in Chicago and raised between Nuevo Laredo, Mexico & Laredo, Texas. I am bilingual, bicultural, and live and work in Mexico City teaching design technology to high school students. The courses I designed and teach are Industrial Design, Prototyping & Fabrication; Transmedia & Creative Technology; and Video Production. See my courses here adobe.ly/3sXxEtW
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Education
2021 Masters in Design Studies (MDes), Centro de Diseño, Cine y Television, Mexico City
2002 Texas Teaching Certification (Art & Technology Applications), Texas A&M International University
1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Concentration in New Media/Transmedia Art), The University of Texas at Austin
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Skills
Design & Systemic Thinking, 3D Motion Design, Video, Sound Design, Photo, Graphic Design, Visual Identity, Branding
Cinema 4D, Redshift, After Effects, Premier, Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, Fusion 360, Ableton, Audition
DSLR, HTC Vive VR, Rokoko Mocap, 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Power Tools, Woodwork, Art Framing, Silkscreen
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Travel & Language
International Work and Travel: Worked in United States, Republic of South Korea, and Mexico; traveled 20 countries
Languages: English and Spanish; fluent, written and oral; bilingual & bicultural
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Work
August 2015 – Present / Upper School Art & Design Technology Teacher, IB & AP
American School Foundation Mexico City (ASF), Ciudad de México, México
August 2013 – 2015 / Communications and Marketing Director
American School of Puerto Vallarta (ASPV), Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México
August 2012 – May 2013 / International Baccalaureate (MYP & DP) Teacher: Design Technology & ITGS
Taejon Christian International School (TCIS), Daejeon, South Korea
October 2010 – August 2012 / Assistant-Interim Director of Communications
Division of Student Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
August 2008 – October 2010 / Publications and New Media Coordinator
Community Relations Department, Pflugerville ISD, Pflugerville, Texas
2006 – 2008 / Communications Specialist
Communications Department, United ISD, Laredo, Texas
2003 – 2006 / Publications Design Coordinator
Office of Public Affairs, Marketing and Information Services, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas
2000 – 2002 / Secondary Art Teacher
Los Obispos Middle School / Trautmann Middle School, United ISD, Laredo, Texas
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Select Art & Cultural Production Experience
2011 – Presented “Escenas Del Centenario”
Museo Interactivo De Economia (MIDE) in Mexico City, Commissioned by MEXIC-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas and MIDE in Mexico City
2009 – Curator for the 14th Young Latino Artists exhibition (YLA 14)
Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
2009 – Panelist for “Transformative Journeys: A Symposium”
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, Texas
2005 – 2008 / Director
Sound Alternative Space for Contemporary Art, Laredo, Texas
2005 & 2006 / Marketing and Entertainment Coordinator
AutMus Fest, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas
1996 – 1999 / Museum Gallery Coordinator
Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
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Selected Exhibitions/Performances
2012
Daejeon Foreign, Ssangli Gallery, Daejeon, Republic of South Korea
2011
Escenas del Centenario, Museo Interactivo de Economia (MIDE), México Distrito Federal, México
HEIR Today, Gone Tomorrow, Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC), Austin, Texas, USA
Y.EAST2, Cheer Up Charlie, Austin, Texas, USA
2010
Y.EAST, Cheer Up Charlie, Austin, Texas, USA
Promises of Independence & Revolution: Artists Interpreting Mexico, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas, USA
Consensus of Taste, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas, USA -Catalog-
2009
Viewfinder: New images by Texas artists, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, USA
2008
Viewfinder, Fotofest, Houston, Texas, USA -Fotofest 2010 Bicentenial Catalog-
Paper Not Punishment, Sound Alternative Space for Contemporary Art, Laredo,Texas, USA
Ay, My Heart!, Sound Alternative Space for Contemporary Art, Laredo, Texas, USA
2007
Ha__&__lF, Centro Cultural Nuevo Laredo, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México
2005
First Annual Sound Experimental Film Festival, Sound Alternative Space for Contemporary Art, Laredo, Texas, USA
2004
Fractions, Texas A&M International University, Fine Arts Gallery, Laredo, Texas, USA
2003
Palo, audio/video installation, Body Mechanics Space, Austin, Texas, USA
Splitting Aguas, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas, USA
Klone, performance in collaboration with Bruno Rendon and Cesar Casso, Escarabajo, Nuevo Laredo,Tamaulipas, México
2001
NUM (New Urban Mass), performance collaboration with Alejandro Chapa, MACC (Mexican American Cultural Center), Austin, Texas, USA
1999
Eighteen, published book by students from Transmedia department under the direction of professor Ella Gant, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Many Happy Returns, art exhibition inside raquetball courts, Rec Sports Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Art Student, annual exhibition, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
A Moment of Tension in Five Minutes, Movements Gallery, performance colaboration with Alejandro Chapa, Austin, Texas, USA
Welcome, multimedia installation sculpture, Fine Arts building room 3.433, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
1998
Metamorfosis, 4th C-21 group exhibition, Austin Visual Arts Association Gallery, Austin, Texas, USA
Ser Microscópico, 3rd C-21 group exhibition, Ellos Gallery, Austin, Texas, USA
1997
Communion, A Cultural Event, Ramos Studio, Austin, Texas, USA
Initial Optic Transmission, 2nd C-21 group exhibition, C-21 Studios, Austin, Texas, USA
Implant, 1st C-21 group exhibition, La Casa de la Cultura, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México
1996
Young Latino Artists, MEXIC-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas, USA
1995
1ra Exposición Juventud Creativa, Antes 30, Parque Fundidora-Bodega Turbo Sopladores, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
De aquí para alla, y de alla para aca, Technológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
