Résumé
Multi-disciplinary artist · Animator · Designer · Educator
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
MFA in Comics
2020
California College of the Arts
BFA in Digital Media
2011
Otis College of Art + Design
Professional Experience
Ghetto Film School
2025–2026
Designed and illustrated film props and post-production mural design.
King Features Syndicate
2024–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–Present
Key animator for social media content campaign highlighting skateboard hardware
and professional/upcoming skateboarding talent.
Showbox LA
2024
Animation Director / Designer / Key Animator for experimental dance-animation
hybrid performance “NOStalgia POP” by Primera Generacion Dance Collective.
Lagrimas De Oro
2023–2024
Illustrator / Designer for jewelry adornment design for the
“Big Hoops Big Dreams” campaign.
Ana Karen Loves Paper
2022–Present
Designer and illustrator for Los Espookies greeting cards and children's
book series exploring Latin-American folklore and myths.
Prophet & Assassin Productions
2022–2023
Animation Director / Key Animator for animations and logo design for
“A Table of Our Own,” a documentary on African-American plant medicine.
Mosaic Family Service, Inc.
2022
Art Director and illustrator for marketing campaign featuring comic narrative
anthology pamphlets about labor human trafficking victims.
Scholastic
2021
Lettering assistant for YA graphic novel Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo.
University of California, Santa Cruz
2021
Animation Director and Key Animator for infographic animation for HSI Initiatives.
Chele Delgado Publishing
2020–Present
Illustrator and graphic designer for ongoing graphic novel series
Walo: A Central American Odyssey, centered on Nicaraguan culture and
Central-American migrant workers.
Diaspora Rising
2020
Designer and Key Animator for Rising Together series for the
#ENDSARS campaign.
Carnegie Hall
2020
Key Animator, Designer, and Illustrator for “The Re-Up,” an interactive
media program for at-risk and juvenile youth.
Pamela Chavez Studios
2017–2024
Story Artist, Key Animator, and Assistant Director for multiple projects including
Caracol Cruzado with PBS, Doctors for Immigrants,
Climagration, documentary Hogar, LGBTQ History documentary
New Hope, and key animator for Trombone Shorty motion storybook.