EDUCATION
California College of the Arts, Class of 2020 - MFA in Comics
Otis College of Art + Design, Class of 2011 - BFA in Digital Media
EXHIBITIONS
MINDBUZZ MEDIA PRESENTS: ART FROM THE MIND - 2023 - Group Exhibition, Horchateria / Paramount, CA
ART IN THE PANEL - 2023 - Group Exhibition, Creative World Art Center / Arcadia, CA
LATINX COMICS ARTS FESTIVAL - 2022 Virtual Exhibition, Modesto Junior College / Modesto, CA
DOWNEY LGTBQ Art Festival - 2021 - 2022 - Group Exhibition, Downey Arts Coalition / Downey CA
LINE ATTACK! - 2021 - 2022 - Group Exhibition, The Hive Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
CLASS OF 2020 SHOWCASE - 2020, Curator’s Pick for Class of 2020 Showcase, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, 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
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
MURAL WORKFORCE ACADEMY - Teaching Artist / 2023 - Present, Boyle Heights, CA
MURAL WORKFORCE ACADEMY - Teaching Artist / 2023 - Present, Boyle Heights, CA
BOYLE HEIGHTS ARTS CONSERVATORY - Teaching Artist / 2023 - Present, Boyle Heights, CA
VENICE ARTS - COMICS - Teaching Artist / 2023 - Present, Cal Lutheran University - Thousand Oaks, 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 - Founder & Educator /2021 - Present, InkFlo Comics - Downey, 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, Comic Book Theory / 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
PUBLIC APPEARANCES
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, MI
GUEST READER - 2020, LA Zine Festival, Digital Zine Readings / Los Angeles, CA
GUEST SPEAKER + FILMMAKER - 2018, Latino Comics Expo Film Festival Alamo Draft House / San Francisco, CA
FEATURED FILMMAKER + ORGANIZER - 2017, Latino Comics Expo Film Festiva / The Freida Cinema, Santa Fe, CA
GUEST SPEAKER - 2017, Cartoons Crossroads, 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 Musuem / San Francisco, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
WALO: A CENTRAL AMERICAN ODYSSEY - Self-Published - 2022
VIRGO ASTRAY - Self Published - 2022
“THE STORY OF MY SOUL” - SOMOS: A LATINX ANTHOLOGY ON MENTAL HEALTH - TBR, 2023
MASKS - MFA Thesis 2020
LA LINEA - Webcomic 2020
TON TON - Self Published 2019
MELVIN 1+2 - Self Published 2017 - 2018
“SAVED” + “STRUGGLE” - TALES FROM LA VIDA A LATINX COMIC ANTHOLOGY - Mad Creek Books 2018
TUCKER TOON 1-3 - Self Published, 2012 - 2016
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Latinx Comics Arts Festival - Board Member, Documentarian / Modesto, CA
Downey Arts Coalition, Board Member, Community Advisor / Downey, CA
ABAW, Art Therapy Collective / Los Angeles, CA
Arts.Co.Lab, Volunteer / San Francisco, CA
Mission Comics & Arts Festival - Co-Organizer / San Francisco, CA