PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2014-2016 | Art Specialist | Assisted art teachers in better practices | Art Education | LAUSD

2006-2016 | Visual arts Specialist | LAUSD

1996-2006 | Classroom teacher | Los Angeles Unified School District 

1994-1995 | Design and photography teacher | Universidad Valle de Mexico, San Miguel de Allende| 

1990-1995 | Owner/manager/ Curator gallery Amano  

 1994 | Illustrator | Cante s.a. de c.v. (ecological FOUNDATION)| Illustrated plants and roots for documentation

1989-1992 | Owner/director | Creativity and Sensitivity School

1980-1984 | Design | Ed Kirwan Graphic Arts

1982-1995 | Free-lance photographer


EDUCATION

1987-1991 | Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

 1980 | Bachelors Fine Arts, minor Biology |  California State University Northridge

1998| Credential California State University, Northridge

1979 | Art Center College of Design

1980 | Bachelors Fine Arts, minor Biology |  California State University Northridge

1979 | Art Center College of Design


AWARDS AND HONORS

1993 | Second Place Purchase Award, Concurso Nacional de Fotografia Comfot, Mexico1983 | 2nd Place Purchase Award, Toronto International Salon of Photography

1984 | Purchase Award, Photonational, Erie Art Museum; Erie, PA

1983 | National Jigsaw Puzzle Championship Hallmark Purchase Award

1983 | California State Fair : “California Works.”

1995 | Embassy of Israel Show, Banamex, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico | Photography

1995 | Galeria “La Pared”, San Miguel de Allende | One person show | Photography and Multi-Media1983 | Iris Too Gallery, Berkeley, CA | One person Photography Show

1995 | Centro INAH Guanajuato, Museo Historico de San Miguel de Allende | One person show | Multi-Media Assemblage

1995 | Universidad Valle de Mexico, San Miguel de Allende | Photography

1993 | Comfot ‘93 Concurso Nacional, Cash prize and honorable mention, Mexico | Photography

1992 | Instituto de Bellas Artes, San Miguel de Allende, GTO, Mexico | One person Photography and Multi-Media Show1983 | Berkeley Art Co-Op, Berkeley, CA| Photography

1986 | Stanford University Gallery, Stanford, CA | One person show

1984 | Presshouse Gallery, Sonoma, CA | Photography

1984 | Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, CA | One Person Photography Show

1984 | La Roche College, Pittsburg, PA| | Photography

1984 | Southern Alleghenies Museum, Johnston, PA. | Photography

1984 | Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL | Photography

1984 | Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA | Photography

1983 | Iris Too Gallery, Berkeley, CA | One Person Show Photography

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