EDUCATION:
1997	Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Ithaca, NY. Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting, Latino Studies Concentration
1993	Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art & the Performing Arts, New York, NY. Art Major
EXHIBITIONS:
2007	ARCHIVOS SUBVERSIVOS. Cemi Underground, El Barrio, New York City.
2007	Espiritualidad, Arte y Resistencia. Casa Escuté, Carolina, Puerto Rico.
2007	Mothers of Creation, Gallery One, San Francisco, CA.
2007	Representation and Resistance. Intercultural Center, Columbia University. New York, NY.
2007	Solo exhibition: ARCHIVOS SUBVERSIVOS. Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College/ CUNY. NYC.
2007	The Field: Selections from JCAL’s registry. Site-specific installation: “¡Basta!”. Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, NY.
2006	Primer Foro Social de Puerto Rico. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.
2006	Abriendo Caminos. Solo exhibition. Tabler Arts Center. SUNY Stonybrook. Stonybrook, NY.
2006	Legacies. Solo exhibition. Tatkon Center. Cornell University. Ithaca, NY.
2006	Yoruba Art Group Exhibition. Center for African and African American Studies. University of Texas. Austin, TX.
2006	El Museo's Bienal: The S-Files. Site-specific installation: Cuando suena el caracol. El Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2006	Witch Hunt: BAD Ass Women's Festival. Group Exhibition. Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD). Bronx, NY.
2006	Blacker Than Thou: Painted Reflections. Group exhibition. West Side Arts Coalition. New York, NY.
2005-06	El Museo's Bienal: The S-Files. Soul Rebels: Site-specific installation on theater doors, created during a special 10-week residency. El Museo del Barrio, NYC.
2005	Fuerza II. Artist and Curator. Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Arts Center, Lower East Side, NYC.
2004	Fuerza. Artist and Curator. Musica Against Drugs, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
2004	Five Contemporary Hispanic and Latino Artists. Robeson Gallery, Robeson Center, Penn State University, State College, PA.
2004	En Casa: Home and Family in Latino Identity. Solo Exhibition. Patrias, Brooklyn, NY.
2004	Black, Brown and Red. Group exhibition at the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Bronx, NY.
2004	Abra Sus Ojos/ Open Your Eyes. Solo Exhibition. Art For Change @ Carlitos Cafe y Galeria. East Harlem, NYC.
2004	Galeria 106. Outdoor group exhibition. 106th Street, East Harlem, NYC.
2004	Our Stories, Nuestras Historias, Two-person Exhibition. Avant-Garde Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN.
2003	Art and Activism. Solo Exhibition, Willard Straight Art Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
2003	Goddesses: Mothers, Daughters, Survivors, Ancestors. 4th Annual Encuentro, Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics. New York University, New York, NY
2003	Entre Banderas, Political Paintings and Prints. Solo Exhibition, Terraza, Jackson Heights, Queens, NYC
2002	80th Anniversary Celebration of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. Taller Boricua/ Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, New York, NY
2001	Artists in Support of Vieques. Group Exhibition, Latino Renaissance Gallery. Philadelphia, PA.
2001	BAD Ass Women's Festival. Site specific installation: "Santa Madre", The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD), Bronx, NY
2000	12 Artists: Cornell Council for the Arts Invitational Exhibit. Site specific Installation: "Alma Boricua: Gods, Santos and Ancestors". Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1999	Onaní: The African Presence in Latin American Contemporary Visual Arts. Site specific installation: "Yemaya Asesu". Taller Puertorriqueño, Inc. Philadelphia, PA
1998	A Sense of Self: Ethnic Women Artists. Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, PA
1998	Amer-Rican Borders: Artists ponder the 100 years since the US Invasion of Puerto Rico. Site specific installation: "Independence Day" Taller Puertorriqueño, Inc. Philadelphia, PA
1997	Realidades de Quisqueya. Latino Studies Program Offices, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Paintings on permanent exhibition
1997	Proclaim Your Emancipation. Hartell Gallery, Ithaca, NY BFA Thesis. An installation and series of paintings utilizing religious themes to create a conceptual decolonization of Puerto Rico.
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS:
2007	Warrior Women. La Casa Cultural. Yale University. New Haven, CT.
2007	Soul Rebels: Culture and Politics, Johnson and Wales University. Providence, RI.
2006	Slide Presentation. Fine Arts Department. Fashion Institute of Technology. New York, NY.
2006	Arte y Ache. College of New Rochelle. New Rochelle, NY.
2006	Revolutionary Art. Café con Leche lecture series. Cornell University. Ithaca, NY.
2006	Yoruba Art Panel: Slide Presentation. Annual Yoruba Day. Center for African and African American Studies. University of Texas. Austin, TX
2006	Brujas. Slide presentation on revolutionary women of color as tribute to political prisoner Dylcia Pagan. BAD Ass Women's Festival. (BAAD), Bronx, NY.
2005	Latinos in the Hip Hop Zone, panel discussion. El Museo del Barrio. New York, NY.
2005	Rebelarte. Slide lecture. Lehman College, Bronx, NY.
2005	Art and Agitation. Slide lecture. Wagner School for Public Service. New York University. NYC.
2004	Women's Herstory Month Art panel. New York University, NYC.
2004	Slide Presentation, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY.
2004	Slide Presentation. The University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
2004	Slide Presentation, Black, Brown and Red, Imagine Festival. Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Bronx, NY.
2004	Keynote Address, Latinos Count Conference. Fort Wayne, IN.
2004	The Role of the Arts in Activism, Swathmore College, Swarthmore, PA
2004	The Art of Activism, lecture at Pennsylvania State University. State College, PA.
2003	The Role of the Arts in Activism, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
2003	Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
2003	Haverford College, Haverford, PA
2003	Haciendo Patria: Art and Exile. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2001	Legacies of Expression: Spiritual Aesthetics and Cultural Manifestations. Presentation for educators, Teachers College, Columbia University
2001	El Grito de Lares: Affirming the Boricua Spirit. Multidisciplinary workshop for the Youth Artists Program, Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA
2000	Circle of Fire: Women Poets and Artists Pay Homage to Women Survivors. Nuyorican Poets Cafe, New York, NY
1998	The Harshest Voice: A Female Artist's Representation of the Cultural and Political History of Puerto Rico Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
1998	Puerto Rican Women at the Turn of the Century: The Challenge of Double Colonization Conference at Temple University. Slide presentation on arts panel. Philadelphia, PA
1998	Art of a Nuyorican: Cultural Aesthetics as Social and Political Agitators. Kean University, Elizabeth, NJ
1995	El Frente: A National Conference on US Latina Feminisms. Slide presentation on aesthetics panel, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
1995	Narrating Our Own Stories: Women Claim Their Voice(s). 2nd Annual Women's Conference, State University of New York, Oneonta, NY. Slide presentation on "Reclaiming Our Voices" panel.
AWARDS:
2007	Research Grant in support of the ARCHIVOS SUBVERSIVOS Project, CUNY-Caribbean Exchange Program. NYC.
2006	Artist Grant. The George Sugarman Foundation, Inc. Novato, CA.
2006	Artist/ Activist of the Year, Art For Change. New York, NY.
2005	Recognized at annual Latina Banquet for Contributions in the Arts to the Latino Community. La Herencia Latina. New York University, NYC.
2004	Ramón Feliciano Social Justice Prize. Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, NY.
2004	Latinas Destacadas (Distinguished Latinas) Award, El Diario/ La Prensa, New York, NY
1996	Individual Artist Grant, Cornell Council for the Arts, Ithaca, NY.
ARTS EDUCATION:
2003-07	The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY Freelance Museum Educator. Provide hands-on visual arts workshops and tours for groups.
2002-07	El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY Teaching Artist, Hands-on visual arts workshops and tours, in-house and in classrooms.
2002-03	Forest Hills Community House, Queens, NY. Art activity specialist for off-site program at Hillcrest High School, Jamaica, NY.
2002-03	East Harlem Tutorial Program, New York, NY Teaching artist, Learning Lab-grades K through 9, and Elementary Summer Camp.
1997-99	Taller Puertorriqueño, Inc., Philadelphia, PA Youth Artists Program Director
2000	Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, Bronx, NY Teaching Artist, After-school program
1996-97	Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY Intern, Education Department
1996	Cayuga Correctional Facility, Moravia, NY Latino Arts Workshop Facilitator
1992-93	The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Intern, Education Department
1992	The Museum of American Folk Art, New York, NY Intern, Education Department
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