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Education
University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. Art History, cum laude
Minor in Professional Writing
2022

Santa Monica College
A.A. Liberal Arts, highest honors
A.T. Art History
2020




Work and ClientsThe Wende Museum
FR/\MEWORKS Curatorial Consultant
2024 - present

“In Search of Truth”  Series Organizer
2022

Getty Marrow Curatorial Intern
2021


Los Angeles Int’l Airport (LAX) Art Program
Arts Associate
2023 - present

Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), LA Frontline Representative
Summer exhibitions 2023

The Glass House
Director of Online Lecture Series
2023-2024

Studio Assistant to Fashion Designer
2022-2023

Taylor Kibby
Studio Assistant to Ceramicist
2023

Brunette Editions
Studio Assistant to Sound Artist
2022-2023

Student Committee for the Arts, UCLA Executive Director
2021-2022

General Member
2020-2021




Skills
Writing
Curation (visual, musical)
Event management
Music production and performance
Interpersonal communication
Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Premiere, InDesign
Microsoft Apps: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Google Apps




Events, Exhibitions, and Lectures HAVANA DIALECTIC
The Wende Museum
Culver City, CA
2026

LAX PRESENTS
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
Los Angeles, CA
Seasons 2023-2026

HABITAT
STADTWERKSTATT
Berlin, DE
2024

SPRAWL Zine Launch
SPRAWL
Silver Lake, CA
2024

Surrender Doubt; Unearth Meaning
SPRAWL
Venice, CA
2024

The Glass House: Lecture Series
The Glass House
Online
2023

The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance
In Sheep’s Clothing Hi-Fi
Los Angeles, CA
2023

In Search of Truth
The Wende Museum
Online
2023

Weyes Blood
Royce Hall, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
2022

Art and Ritual in the Age of Social Media: in Conversation with Gabi Abrão
Student Committee for the Arts, UCLA
Online
2021

Questionable History
The Wende Museum
Culver City, CA
2021




AwardsSPIN Magazine #1 Metal Album of the Year
2023

Los Angeles Youth Poet Laureate Finalist
2019

International Congress of Youth Voices Delegate
2019, 2018




PublicationsDream Boy Book Club Anthology, Cuties of Contemporary Literature
2024

SPRAWL Vol. I
2024

International Congress of Youth Voices Manifesto
2018




Press
SPIN Magazine “#1 Metal Album of the Year”
2022

Illustoria Magazine "Resident Youth Activist"
2021

San Francisco Guardian
2018

Poets & Writers Magazine
2018

LA Magazine “Best of LA” 
2018                  









Last Updated 24.10.31

EVENTS / EXHIBITIONS


HAVANA DIALECTIC  (2026)
   Artist
Culver City, CA
The Wende Museum

Ambient musical performance inspired by the soundscapes of Los Angeles, California, and Havana, Cuba. The performance abstracted urban and natural environments local to the two cities as a way of reconciling places of exile and expansion.



LAX Presents (2023-PRESENT)
   Project manager
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

Experimental music series for LAX Art Program, curated in collaboration with DUBLAB and Rum and Humble.



HABITAT (2024)
   Sound artist
Berlin, DE
STADTWERKSTATT



Sound art piece, There and Back/When I was 17 in California (2024) for group exhibition.



Questionable History (2021)
   Curatorial assistant
Culver City, CA
The Wende Museum

Exhibition exploring the institutional voice of museums, especially regarding the Cold War and its implications today.