OBJECTIVE
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 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 experimental dance-animation hybrid performance for dance group Primera Generacion Dance Collectivetitled “NOStalgia POP”
Lagrimas De Oro - 2023 to 2024
Illustrator / Designer for jewelry adornment design for “Big Hoops Big Dreams” campaign.
Ana Karen Loves Paper- 2022 to Present
Designer & Illustrator for 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 documentary “A Table of Our Own”, a documentary centered on African-American plant medicine.
Mosaic Family Service, Inc - 2022
Art Director & Illustrator for marketing campaign for comic narrative anthology as pamphlets for bringing awareness to real testimonies of victims of labor human trafficking.
Scholastic - 2021
Lettering Assistant for critically acclaimed YA graphic novel “Miss Quinces” by award-winning comic artist Kat Fajardo.
University of Santa Cruz - 2021
Animation Director & Key Animator for infographic animation for UCSC’s Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Initiatives
Chele Delgado Publishing- 2020 to Present
Illustrator & Graphic Designer for 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 "Climagration”for The Center of Cultural Power
Animated film documentary “Hogar” centered on Nicaraguan migrants.
LGTBQ History Documentary film “New Hope”
Key Animator for motion storybook of Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning children’s book "Trombone Shorty"by Troy Andrews and produced by SAG-AFTRA Foundationand StoryLine Online
Diaspora Rising- 2020
Designer & Key Animator for Rising Together series for #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.