Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

University of Southern California, Roski School of Art and Design

  • 2025:  
    MA, Curatorial Practices and the Public Sphere

    Thesis: “Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens: The Life and Art of JoJo Baby”
    Thesis Committee: Andy Campbell, Amelia Jones, Nao Bustamante

California State University-Los Angeles

  • 2022:
    BA, Art History
    Summa Cum Laude
    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
    Cum Laude

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2024: Co-Curator, Steep, Alter, Ritual, M.A. Group Practicum Exhibition, USC Roski Graduate Gallery, Arts District, Los Angeles, CA.

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

MUSEUM & ARCHIVAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2024-2025: Visitor Services Associate, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA

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

  • 2022: Special Collections and Archives Assistant, JFK Memorial Library, California State University, Los Angeles, CA

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

INTERNSHIPS

2024: Gagosian, Beverly Hills, Gallery Intern

2022: Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., Katzenberger Art History Intern

SYMPOSIA CO-ORGANIZED

  • 2022: California State University-Los Angeles & 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

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.

SKILLS

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, The Museum System (TMS), Digital Asset Management System (DAMS).