BIOGRAPHY
I grew up in the southwestern city of El Paso, Texas. From early childhood, I was drawn to art making and creative expression. But when I left to attend college, it was with the desire to become a Graphic Designer. While attending Colorado State University, I became so inspired by the experimental, personalized work being created in the painting department that I switched concentrations.
It was in my senior year at Colorado State that I first began experimenting with abstraction in nature and a more free form, subjective style of painting. In 2000, I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in Painting. In 2005, I received my Teacher Certification from Rio Salado College in Arizona. I am fully endorsed in Art & Second Language Instruction.
I have spent the last seven years exhibiting my work in galleries in Colorado, Texas, and Arizona. I also curate a gallery space in El Paso, Texas for emerging artists. For two years I served as the Artist in Residence in Painting & Drawing for the City of Phoenix, Arizona. I instructed students of all age groups in various styles and mediums and assembled numerous gallery exhibitions. I completed my first two years of full time teaching at Loma Linda Elementary in the Creighton School District.
I am currently the visual arts instructor for Sky View Elementary. Sky View is part of the venerable Peoria Unified School District in Arizona.
