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To merge my experience as a comics artist, designer, and educator to develop transformative visual storytelling projects.
Education
- California College of the Arts, Class of 2020 — MFA in Comics
- Otis College of Art + Design, Class of 2011 — BFA in Digital Media
Teaching Experience
- Long Beach City College — Digital Media Adjunct Professor / 2024 – Present
- Santa Ana College — Digital Media Adjunct Professor / 2023 – Present, Santa Ana, CA
- Mural Workforce Academy — Teaching Artist / 2023 – 2024, Boyle Heights, CA
- Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory — Teaching Artist / 2023 – 2024, Boyle Heights, CA
- Venice Arts – Comics — Teaching Artist / 2023, Venice Beach, CA
- Comics as Essay Workshop — Instructor / 2023 – Present, Cal Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA
- Comics of Color Workshop — Instructor / 2022 – Present, Eagle Rock Center of the Arts, Eagle Rock, CA
- Queer Rebels Artist Residency — Artist in Residence & Mentor / 2022, San Francisco, CA
- Month of Comics — Instructor / 2022, Horchateria Rio Luna, Paramount, CA
- Comics & Independent Publishing — Instructor + Mentor / 2021 – 2022, STEM Academy Odyssey, Lakewood, CA
- Comics & Independent Publishing — Instructor + Mentor / 2019, The Young Vets, Somerset High School, Bellflower, CA
- Digital Media & Storytelling — Instructor / 2017 – 2018, Youth Radio (YR Media), Oakland, CA
- Comic Book Theory — Assistant Professor / 2018, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
- All Ages Comics/Zine Workshop — Instructor / 2016 – 2018, Salinas Comic Con, Steinbeck Center, Salinas, CA
- Digital Media & Storytelling — Instructor + Project Manager / 2015 – 2016, YMCA PG&E Youth Institute, Berkeley, CA
- Comics + 2D Animation — Assistant Professor / 2008 – 2011, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Publications
- WALO: A Central American Odyssey — Chele Delgado Publications, 2022
- "Every Body Is Different" — from Cocinas to Lucha Libre Ringsides Anthology, Mad Creek Books, 2025
- "Saved" + "Struggle" — from Tales from La Vida: A Latinx Comic Anthology, Mad Creek Books, 2018
Public Appearances
- Guest Speaker — 2023, Whittier College Zine Festival, Whittier, CA
- Guest Speaker / Facilitator — 2023, Otis College of the Arts Art & Zine Festival, Los Angeles, CA
- Guest Artist — 2022, ShortRun Art & Zine Festival, Oakland, CA
- Guest Speaker: Comics as Healing — 2022, Oakland Creates Art & Zine Festival, Oakland, CA
- Documentarian + Interviewer + Speaker — 2022, Arts.Co.Lab Pecha Kucha with Accion Latina, San Francisco, CA
- Documentarian + Interviewer — 2022, Latinx Comics Arts Festival, Modesto, CA
- Featured Artist — 2015 – 2020, East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Festival, Berkeley, CA
- Featured Artist — 2020, Black Comic & Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
- Featured Artist — 2020, San Francisco Cyber Zine Festival, San Francisco, CA
- Featured Artist — 2020, Exterminator City Comix & Zines Expo, Seattle, WA
- Guest Speaker — 2020, Latinx Comics Arts Festival: Creators in Conversation, Modesto, CA
- Guest Speaker — 2020, Twin Cities Zine Cyber Festival, Hennepin, MN
- Guest Reader — 2020, LA Zine Festival, Digital Zine Readings, Los Angeles, CA
- Guest Speaker + Filmmaker — 2018, Latino Comics Expo Film Festival, Alamo Drafthouse, San Francisco, CA
- Featured Filmmaker + Organizer — 2017, Latino Comics Expo Film Festival, The Freida Cinema, Santa Fe, CA
- Guest Speaker — 2017, Cartoon Crossroads Columbus: Community Belonging in Comics, Columbus, OH
- The Baylies — 2018, Online Exhibition
- Guest Artist + Speaker — 2016, Latino Comics Expo, Meet the Artists, The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA
- Cartoonist In-Residence — 2016, The Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Exhibitions
- Art in the Panel — 2023, Group Exhibition, Creative World Art Center, Arcadia, CA
- Line Attack! — 2021 – 2022, Group Exhibition, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Emanata Comics Exhibition — 2019, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
- Tales from La Vida: Latinx Comic Exhibit — 2018, San Jose Public Library, San Jose, CA
Professional Affiliations
- Latinx Comics Arts Festival — Former Board Member, Documentarian, Modesto, CA
- ABAW, Art Therapy Collective, Los Angeles, CA
- Arts.Co.Lab, Documentarian, San Francisco, CA
