Education  

2020

Bachelors of Arts in Art History 

University of Illinois at Chicago

Professional Appointment

June 2021 – Present - Programming Director, Awakenings Art, Chicago, IL 

Workshops

Spearheaded incorporation of printmaking and papermaking into Awakenings’ core programming

Fostered new community partnerships with Embarc Chicago, City Colleges of Chicago, Thresholds, and Youth Guidance. Resulting in providing relief print and papermaking workshops for over 350 students on a yearly basis

Facilitated “PULP-POURRI: Virtual Papermaking Workshop” in partnership with the Design Museum of Chicago to express healing through a creative tactile experience and provide alternative papermaking methods accessible from home

Cohort Cycles 1-4

Assisted in the development and execution of Awakenings’ cohort program, an nine-week curriculum based, subsidized program centered on survivor community and exploring healing from sexual trauma through art workshops

Coordinated artwork installation and showcases of the work created by survivors in the cohort that included presentations from each participant

Exhibits

A Dozen Creations: Celebrating Survivor Artists

Brought to Light: Gathering Survivor Voices

Homegrown

Independent Workshops 

2022 At Home Paper Making, Bradley Public Library, Bradley, IL 

Group Exhibitions 

2026 

Bike Winter, Agitator Gallery, Chicago, IL

2025 

Basurita, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL

2022 

A Dozen Creations: Celebrating Survivor Artists, Awakenings Art, Chicago IL

Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago,IL 

2019 

RE:POP, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL 

Collection

2025 Chicago Printers Guild Archive, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL

Publication 

Curtain Call: See You Later, Awakened Voices, Issue 14, September 2022, 50-51 

Residencies & Cohorts

2024 Just Praxis Cohort, Enrich Chicago, Chicago, IL