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Current Adventure
Middle School History Teacher
Georgetown Day School, Washington DC • AUG. 2023-PRESENT
> A PK-12 Independent School located in Tenleytown, DC.
Previous Experience
NEW INC Intern
New Museum • JUN. 2022-AUG. 2022
> NEW INC is the first museum-led cultural incubator; Supports 100 creative entrepreneurs annually with workshops, physical space, and mentorship.
> Duties include assisting with member open call interviews, creating graphics, leading the end-of-year roundtable, and collecting qualitative and quantitative feedback from previous years.
VISA Departmental Undergraduate Group (DUG)
Brown University • Providence, RI • MAY. 2021-2022
> The Brown Visual Arts DUG is responsible for fostering a sense of community within their department by planning events, leading facilities tours, and organizing the Annual Juried Student Exhibition.
Painting Workshop Teacher
Georgetown Day School • Washington, DC • APR. 2021
> Taught a portrait painting class to families on alumni weekend via Zoom; Approx. 20 people
Collaboration with Artrepreneur
Artrepreneur.com • JUL. 2020-OCT. 2020
> Selected featured artist of the month in July 2020
> Filmed an ad with the brand to be shown on social media
> Visit my Artrepreneur Profile
Selected Keynote Speaker for the LENYIS Latinx Youth Conference
LREI • New York, NY • APR. 2020
> Conference for Latinx youth from New York independent schools
> 120+ students, teachers, and faculty in attendance
> Canceled due to COVID-19
RISD Museum Guild
RISD Museum • Providence, RI • NOV. 2019-JAN. 2020
> Responsible for planning and executing Third Thursday family events held at the museum
Book Signing at the Gordon School
Gordon School • East Providence, RI • DEC. 2019
> Visiting author-illustrator at the Gordon School Book Fair
> Included a virtual return visit to speak with 2nd-grade students (Held through Zoom due to COVID-19)
Children’s Book Author and Illustrator
Self-employed • Washington, DC & Brooklyn, NY • JUN. 2019
> Wrote, illustrated, and self-published a children’s book
> Over 350 books sold since June 2019
> Online orders are individually packaged, labeled, and shipped by the artist
Installation with a Professional Artist
Brown University • Providence, RI • OCT. 2019
> Helped artist Consuelo Jímenez Underwood install “The Brown-Violet Borderline” as part of the Exposing Unseen Boundaries exhibit in the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender at Brown University
RISD Summer Pre-College Sculpture Intensive
Rhode Island School of Design • Providence, RI • JUN. 2018-JUL. 2018
> Attended the 6-week program which included classes in 2D design, drawing, art history, and sculpture
Education
A.B. in Visual Arts with Honors
Brown University
Providence, RI / 2023
Awards
Finalist at the Annual Juried Student Exhibition at Brown University 2023
Americans for the Arts Diversity in Arts Leadership Intern 2022
AXA Art Prize Finalist 2021
Second Prize Winner of the Generation Vote Art Prize 2020
First Prize Winner at the Annual Juried Student Exhibition at Brown University 2020, 2022
Scholastics National Gold Medal [Sculpture 2019]
Recipient of the GDS Director’s Award 2019
"A senior who best exemplifies the ideals and values of GDS.”
YoungArts National Merit Winner in Visual Arts 2017
GDS Debbie Haynes Award for Excellence and Achievement
in Painting 2017
2 Scholastics National Silver Medals [Painting 2016, 2017]
18 Scholastics Regional Awards 2015-2019
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
Lifted
Brown University • Providence, RI • MAR. 2023
Blueprints
Brown University • Providence, RI • OCT. 2022
Annual Delbarton School Black History Month event
Delbarton School • Morristown, NJ • FEB. 2020
Group
DC Arts Center • Washington, DC • OCT 2024
Arena Social Arts Club • Washington, DC • FEB 2024
Breathing While Black Juried Exhibition
Augusta Savage Gallery (online) • Amherst, MA • SEP 2020
RAW Brooklyn Presents Holiday RAWk
Warsaw • Brooklyn, NY • DEC. 2019
Freer Sackler Teen Takeover
Smithsonian Freer Sackler Museum • Washington, DC • MAY 2019
Published In
Drawn Volume. 4
PIKCHUR Magazine - Issue 8
Selected Relevant Course Work
Studio Foundation • Revolutions, Illusions, Impressions: A History of 19th Century Art; Accessorizing Painting • Global History of Art and Architecture • Digital 2D Foundation • Drawing I • Contemporary Art History • Painting I • Conversations in Painting: An Independent Study on Mixed Media in Painting; Painting II; Advanced Painting (Syracuse Florence); Advanced Drawing (Syracuse Florence); The Craft of Teaching