Resume
To contribute as a multi-disciplinary artist and educator with expertise in comics, animation, and design, creating engaging visual media and educational experiences.
Education
- California College of the Arts, Class of 2020 — MFA in Comics
- Otis College of Art + Design, Class of 2011 — BFA in Digital Media
Professional Experience
Ghetto Film School — 2025 to 2026
Designed and illustrated several film props, and post-production mural design.
King Features Syndicate — 2024 to Present
Provided lettering, layout, inking, and coloring assistance for a 70-year-old syndicated environmentalist daily comic strip under direction by artist Jules Rivera.
DzNutz Assembly — 2024 to Present
Key animator for a social media content campaign highlighting innovative skateboard hardware and showcasing professional and upcoming skateboarding talent.
Showbox LA — 2024
Animation director / designer / key animator for an experimental dance-animation hybrid performance for dance group Primera Generación Dance Collective, titled "NOStalgia POP."
Lagrimas De Oro — 2023 to 2024
Illustrator / designer for jewelry adornment design for the "Big Hoops Big Dreams" campaign.
Ana Karen Loves Paper — 2022 to Present
Designer & illustrator for the Los Espookies greeting card and children's book series exploring Latin-American folklore and myths.
Prophet & Assassin Productions — 2022 to 2023
Animation director / key animation for various animations and logo design for the documentary "A Table of Our Own," centered on African-American plant medicine.
Mosaic Family Services, Inc. — 2022
Art director & illustrator for a marketing campaign for a comic narrative anthology as pamphlets bringing awareness to real testimonies of victims of labor and human trafficking.
Scholastic — 2021
Lettering assistant for the critically acclaimed YA graphic novel "Miss Quinces" by award-winning comic artist Kat Fajardo.
University of California, Santa Cruz — 2021
Animation director & key animator for an infographic animation for UCSC's Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Initiatives.
Chele Delgado Publishing — 2020 to Present
Illustrator & graphic designer for the ongoing graphic novel series "Walo: A Central American Odyssey," a story centered in Nicaraguan culture, folklore, and the experience of Central American migrant workers.
Pamela Chavez Studios — 2017 to 2024
Story artist + key animator + assistant director
- Short animated film "Caracol Cruzado" with PBS.
- Infographic animated series "Doctors for Immigrants" by the CI-HEA.
- Infographic animated series "Climigration" for The Center of Cultural Power.
- Animated film documentary "Hogar," centered on Nicaraguan migrants.
- LGBTQ history documentary film "New Hope."
Key animator for the motion storybook of Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning children's book "Trombone Shorty" by Troy Andrews, produced by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation and StoryLine Online.
Diaspora Rising — 2020
Designer & key animator for the Rising Together series for the #EndSARS campaign.
Carnegie Hall — 2020
Key animator, designer, and illustrator for series pilot "The Re-Up," an interactive media program for at-risk and juvenile youth.
