Degrees and Certificates
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, M.F.A., May 1998
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, California Bilingual, Cross-cultural,
Language
and Development Certificate, May 1994
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, Multi-subject Teaching Credential
with a Specialization in Art, May 1993
Yale University, New Haven, CT, B.A., Fine Arts, May 1991. Graduated summa cum
laude with Distinction in Fine Arts
Awards and Grants
Visual Arts Fellowship, Arizona Commission on the Arts, 2003
The Faculty Award for Academic Achievement, University of Illinois at Chicago,
1998
The University of Illinois at Chicago Fellowship, 1997-98
Graduate Travel Award for presentation of scholarly work in Berlin, Germany,
1997
The Stone Fellowship for Graduate Research in Fine Arts, 1996-97
American Youth Hostels Grant for work with disadvantaged youth, 1992-95
Non-Degree Education
National Outdoor Leadership School, Lander, WY, Outdoor Educator Course Graduate,
August 1995
Alameda County Department of Education, Hayward, CA, Multi-district Trainer
of Teachers Institute, June 1994
Mills College, Oakland, CA, Leadership Institute for Teachers of Elementary
Science, June 1994
Teach for America Summer Institute, Los Angeles, CA, August 1991
University of Arizona, Guadalajara, Mexico, Art and Language Program, August
1988
Exhibitions
Panels for 7th Avenue Project, Phoenix Public Art Program, Phoenix, Arizona
scheduled August 2005
Dar A Luz, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona December 2002
What Eye Like, The Eye Lounge, Phoenix, Arizona August 2002
Survival Skills, Transit, Scottsdale, Arizona February 2002
Nightclub for Moths, My Dad’s Backyard, Phoenix, Arizona July 2001
1998: New Artists in Chicago, The Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois April 1998
Perfect Sleeper, The Embassy Suites, Chicago, Illinois May 1998
Oh Sweet Nothing, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois April 1998
Geisto, Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany January 1998
Geisto, Museumsakademie, Berlin, Germany November 1997
The Backyard, 1824 Palmcroft, Phoenix, Arizona January 1996
Gravity Still, 550 Madison, Oakland, California April 1995
Spirit of the Senses Exhibition, The Icehouse, Phoenix, Arizona December 1991
Thesis exhibition, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut May 1991
Materials and Processes, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut November 1991
Lectures
“Inside, Outside, Upside Down” SecondTuesdays lecture
at the Tucson Public Library, Tucson, AZ December 2001
FirstMondays lecture at the Phoenix Public Library, Phoenix, AZ January 2001
“Art in the Margins: Policy Implications” Chapin Hall Center for
Children, Chicago, Illinois May 1998
Professional Experience
2000-present Catalina Foothills High School, Tucson, Arizona
AP English, Freshman English and Humanities teacher
1999-2000 Morton East High School, Cicero, Illinois
English teacher
1998 Chapin Hall Center for Children, Chicago, Illinois
Research Analyst
1998 University of Illinois at Chicago Summer Bridge Program, Chicago, Illinois
Instructor, Recruiting Coordinator
1996-1998 Latino Youth Alternative High School, Chicago, Illinois
Outdoor Education Program Instructor, Photography Teacher
1996-1998 Voyageur Outward Bound School, Ely, Minnesota
Instructor
1991-1995 Jefferson Year Round Elementary School, Oakland, California
Teacher, Trainer, Leader, Organizer