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Los Angeles, California, United States

• Freelance Project Manager, Preparator/Art Handler, Registrar, and Docent Lead for exhibitions in museums, galleries, and fairs. Expertise in logistics, team management, registration, packing materials and requirements.
• Clients include Audemars Piguet Contemporary, NSU Art Museum, Gallery 217, Carousel Studios, Artists Emilio Martinez, Bombshell Productions, and Salissa Rosa during Art Miami Week 2023, 2022, and 2019.

South Florida

• Founded and successfully managed a design and educational curriculum firm specializing in the creation of branding components, logos, illustrations, brochures, and educational materials for educational and art industry.
• Collaborated closely with clients to develop identity standards that captured attention, elevated brand profiles, and achieved revenue goals, all while ensuring compliance with production guidelines and meeting client.
• Utilized industry-standard graphics software and applications to design high-quality, print-ready graphic files.

Los Angeles County, California, United States

• Led extensive filmic and bibliographical research for the creation of “Latin American Women Filmmakers” undergraduate course. Compiled first comprehensive dataset of Latin American Women Filmmakers, facilitating.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Provided comprehensive support to a diverse and interdisciplinary student body of 180+, including facilitating engaging discussions, evaluating assignments, and conducting productive office hours.
• Mentored and guided the successful completion of 32 DH student group projects, overseeing and evaluating all stages from planning to execution, w/ 3 projects selected for conferences and showcases.
• Assisted in adapting the Social Media Data Analytics course content for large lectures, researching emerging digital tools, troubleshooting technical challenges, and conducting training sessions empowering students.
• Co-managed course websites, ensuring smooth operation by uploading workshops, slides, and recordings, managing discussion forums, and promptly addressing technical issues.

Washington, United States

• Conducted extensive research into Center’s digital archives, uncovering hidden Latinx and LatAm content.
• Developed multilingual content strategy for website and resource guide to enhance discoverability and accessibility of valuable resources, promoting inclusivity and diverse perspectives.
• Enhanced accessibility by categorizing and managing metadata to materials. Enabled keyword-searchable databases to facilitate broader discovery and utilization by Smithsonian curators and external researchers.
• Collaborated with Curators, Cultural Specialists, and interdisciplinary Managers to identify key content in need of translation and areas requiring additional research to provide cultural context. Conducted thorough.
• Utilized UX/UI design principles providing recommendations for improving multilingual visitor experience.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

• Managed the planning, execution, curation, design, and registration of 68 complex exhibitions and numerous curatorial collection projects.
• Cross-functional team leader coordinating the work of exhibition contributors and stakeholders, both nationally and internationally.
• Prepared and managed yearly exhibition, curatorial, and grant budgets and reports, ensuring financial accountability and effective resource allocation of $2M annually.
• Developed fundraising strategies and campaigns in collaboration with Development Director to craft grant and funding proposals and reports, resulting in $3.5M of funding awards from recognized foundations (NEH, NEA.
• Managed complex gallery, storage, and building renovation and construction projects.
• Managed logistics for transportation, insurance, courier itineraries and travel, conservation, and international arrangements for the consolidation and dispersal of exhibitions and loans. Created schedules, monitored.

Fort Lauderdale

• Managed all aspects of exhibitions registration and works on loan, ensuring smooth coordination and adherence to best practices.
• Enhanced curatorial collection and exhibition policies and procedures manual, establishing it as the standard daily operating procedures for the museum.
• Oversaw the handling, packing, and crating process to guarantee the implementation of museum and registration best practices during installation, de-installation, and transportation.
• Provided guidance and conducted negotiations for shipping, insurance, installation, contracted services, travel, printing, and publication costs.
• Facilitated inventory management and organization of storage facilities, including updating object locations and assisting with yearly inventory audits.
• Completed multiple exhibition and collection publications, including coordinating design, editing, and managing rights and reproductions.

Fort Lauderdale, FL

• Designed and produced engaging interactive educational and marketing materials, such as teacher resource/family activity guides, exhibition proposals, and brochures, to enhance visitor experiences during exhibitions.
• Supported the Head Registrar and Collections Manager in various aspects of the curatorial department, including conducting research for collections and exhibitions, preparing information for publications, and creating.
• Updated and maintained accurate records of acquisitions, gifts, temporary loans, and collections in IO and Mimsy databases, ensuring data integrity and accessibility.
• Demonstrated outstanding performance during a 3-month internship, leading to a permanent position within the museum.

Maintained records, conducted documentation, researched, photographed, inventoried, and assisted conservator in preservation project for 1500 piece CoBrA collection.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Project Title: Reinventing the Colombian Section of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival Marketplace: Matching Curatorial Mission to Marketplace, a 10-day annual international folk festival held July 4th on the National.
• Teamed with curators, cultural specialists, and managers to develop merchandise standards serving research-based, educational, programmatic & curatorial missions—while maintaining profitability.
• Organized purchasing from 35 Fair Trade Colombian artisans and suppliers, including the Colombian Ministry of Culture, to sell traditional, authentic, sellable goods: curation, shipment, inventory, pricing.
• Enhanced visitor experience and sales by employing visual merchandising methods and improving display, and design, with over $1.5M sold in 10 days.

Graduate Certificate, Digital Humanities. Focus On Data For Social Justice

Ma, Cultural Production Studies - Latin American Film, Art, And Human And Environmental Rights, 4.0

Activities and Societies: 2021-2023 HSF Scholar, Cotsen Institute Andean Lab Member, Andean Student Alliance Founder

Bachelors Of Science, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Magna Cum Laude; Alpha Chi National Honor Society; Citation in General Honors: Dean’s List (3 Years); American.

Bachelor Of Arts, Arts Administration

Activities and Societies: Citation in General Honors: Dean’s List; Honorable Mention: 2011 Juried Student Exhibition; Dean’s Choice: 2009.

Study Abroad, Art Conservation

Studied art conservation and fresco restoration as apprentice to conservation artist Lorenzo Cassamenti. Restored 14th century fresco in.