BACKGROUND

Born in Costa Rica, I spent the first year of my life in an orphanage. I played in the turquoise waters and white sand beaches of Manuel Antonio, surrounded by monkeys, iguanas, and countless species of birds. I'm forever grateful for my early time in the rain forest.

After earning degrees in anthropology, fine art, and Spanish from Lawrence University, I moved to New York City with one small suitcase to dance the mambo and ended up studying at Parsons School of Design, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and the New York Film Academy. In New York, I worked as an art director for brands including Martha Stewart Living, Tiffany & Co., and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. That work funded my photography habit and the production of my first 16mm art films.

In 2005, I moved to California to support environmental and social justice projects via design and art direction, and hoped to deepen my photographic and film work. I served as the creative director for Color Of Change, (the largest online civil rights organization in the United States), and for Citizen Engagement Laboratory (now called the Center for Cultural Power) which helped launch 33 organizations focused on environmental and human rights initiatives. I produced and helped shoot a feature documentary on Tibet, arranging partnerships with Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders, and filming luminaries including the Dalai Lama. I worked as a film director and art director for short films on climate change whose assembly programs have educated 25+ million students and trained over 4,000 student leaders. Alongside Academy-nominated filmmaker Jehane Noujaim, I served as a film curator for Pangea Day, an international multimedia event which broadcast content to over 60 million screens around the world. The project was honored to have Robin Williams, Cameron Diaz, Paul Simon, Lisa Ling, Forest Whitaker, Bob Geldof, will.i.am, and Christiane Amanpour contribute to our efforts.

After a decade supporting social and environmental initiatives as a freelance creative, I'm grateful to be creating and selling my photographic artwork, and most recently, AI-assisted "post-photographic" artwork created using a combination of my photography, drawing, digital painting, and AI tools. I am currently creatively collaborating with elders from the rarely photographed Hopi tribe, producing fine art photography and a book written by Hopi authors and editors. I love helping other women and marginalized artists find their voices in order to contribute their creativity toward a better world.

HIGHLIGHTS

2024Jutta Gallery, New York City group show by NFT Aotearoa
2024Times Square Billboard, group show by NFT Aotearoa
2024Niceaunties co-curation for Times Square Billboard, during NFT NYC
2024The Crypt Gallery, New York City group show
2023Beeple Studios, Crypto Winter Wonderland exhibition, Charleston, South Carolina
2023Mecenate Fine Art, group show, Rome, Italy
2023NFT Aotearoa, Eyes On Fire Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, group show
2023Sloika Times Square, New York City, group exhibition including Mourn in Times Square
2023Sloika Montage space on SuperRare, post-photography piece Mourn curated by Sloika
2023Focus Bloc, curatorial board member
2023Art Lovers’ Lounge, weekly live Twitter show host interviewing prominent international artists
2022Art Basel, Miami Beach. Time Magazine group show sponsored by National Geographic
2022Obscura, core team / Twitter show host
2022Obscura: Uncanny Valley group exhibition, work in the permanent collection of artist Claire Silver
2021ArtDome, curation & design of a virtual metaverse museum of international artwork (ongoing)
2019Center Santa Fe, one of 100 photographers selected from around the world
2017TedX Sedona, Light of the Hopi presentation & exhibition
2017Edition One gallery, group show, Light of the Hopi work
2017Sangre de Cristo Museum, group show, Light of the Hopi work
2014Sustainable Revolution, 368 page book. Creative Director and Photographer
2012State of Control, Documentary Film. Producer & Camera Operator (featuring the Dalai Lama)
2011Chaksampa Tibetan Opera, Documentary Photographer
2010Color Of Change, Creative Director & Photographer for US' largest online civil rights organization
2009Citizen Engagement Lab, Creative Director for social justice organization incubator
2009Clothing of the American Mind, Cinematographer
2009Action for the Climate Emergency, Short Films. Director & Editor (seen by 25M high school students)
2008VideoTheVote.org, Short Film. Stop Motion Photographer
2008Jane Fonda & WomenInMedia.org, Documentary Photographer
2008Al Gore’s Alliance for a New Humanity, Documentary Photographer
2008Participant Productions & Chicago 10 Feature Film, Documentary Videographer
2008Costa Rican Ministry of Peace, Documentary Photographer
2008Say My Name, Documentary Film on women in hip hop. Camera Operator
2007Pangea Day, Jehane Noujaim & TED.com Worldwide Film Experience. Film Curator
2007Slava’s SnowShow, Broadway Show. Documentary Photographer
2006Cirque du Soleil, Documentary Photographer
2006American Cannibal, Documentary Film. Camera Operator
2006Rene Risque and the Art Lovers with Moby, Film Project. Cinematographer
2005John Trudell, Documentary Photographer for Native American artist/activist
2004Elie Weisel, Documentary Photographer for Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor
2004Pigeon Spirit, 16mm Short Film. Director & Cinematographer. ‘Best Cinematography’ Award
2004Grim Experiment, 16mm Short Film. Director & Cinematographer
2004Warriors on the Moon, 16mm Short Film. Cinematographer
2003Tiempo Libre, Cuban band. Cinematographer & Portrait Photographer
2002Central Park Summerstage, Onstage Camera Operator
2001Avenue Q, Broadway Show. Documentary Photographer

My clients include: Andante Records, Apple, Action for the Climate Emergency, Alliance for a New Humanity, Aqualillies, Avenue Q, (Richard Branson's) Carbon War Room, Center for Cultural Power, Central Park Summerstage, Chaksampa Tibetan Opera, Cirque du Soleil, Climate Majority Project, Color of Change, Costa Rican Ministry of Peace, Dreamworks Pictures, Elie Wiesel, Emerge America (Kamala Harris), Evolver.net (co-founder), Grammy-nominated rapper Fat Joe, Free Range Studios, Guayaki, Hairspray (on Broadway), Jack Morton Worldwide, Native American artist/activist John Trudell, Martha Stewart Living, McCann Erickson, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Participant Productions, Pushpin Group, Restoration Hardware, Slava’s SnowShow, Grammy-nominated Cuban band Tiempo Libre, Tiffany & Co., and the Tribeca Film Festival.