Born in La Paz, Bolivia, I immigrated to New York as a child. I received my BFA from C.W Post/ Long Island University in 1998 and my Masters in Education from University of Phoenix in 2006.

  While completing my undergraduate work in New York, I volunteered to teach classes at a summer program at the Kumayya Indian reservation in California. My experience at the reservation is what led me to become an art teacher. Upon completing my degree, my desire to give back to the community and my love of children led me to a teaching career. My great appreciation and admiration of the Southwest and a constant search for adventure brought me to Phoenix in 1998.

 I taught art at various schools in Phoenix, while continuing to design custom metalwork and sculpture in my free time. During my time teaching I founded after school art programs to extend the arts beyond the classroom as well as to reach out to the community. I organized and facilitated a series of field trips and off-campus programs with the Scottsdale Art District, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Arizona State University, Nelson Fine Arts Center, and The Arcosanti Foundation, many of which were inaugural efforts that proved to be successful for all parties.

 Feeling the need to focus on my art, I took a sabbatical from teaching which led me to working for Ironco enterprise, as a designer, fabricator, Project Manager and estimator for their arts division and then their solar division. In the three years I worked for Ironco, I learned the in's and out of heavy steel construction, and cad design, and solar.

 My passion for the arts, and desire to pursue my dreams lead me to becoming a full time artist, having my first exhibit in Arizona in 2009. My ability to develop and organize programs, and events, desire to give back to the community, led me to being a co-founder of the Calle 16 mural project. A non – profit grass roots project to build communities through the arts. Calle 16 utilizes my ability to inspire others and organize events that builds on community and education. With this new found passion, and direction, I not only organized and paint murals for Calle 16, but have moved on to creating, organizing and curating other community murals throughout Arizona.

 My community work with the arts led me to a board position for Artlink, a non-profit organization supporting the arts in Phoenix since 1997. And being appointed to sit on the board of The Phoenix Arts and cultural commission by the Mayor of Phoenix.

I am recognized for my work in a wide range of multicultural projects which have given a voice to the city through artistic expression utilizing line, shape, color, form and space. I have worked together with the community to create a conduit not only for art, but for cultural discussion that tells a story of this vibrant cultural city. I am an accomplished artist who has a wide range of experiences stemming from a 30 year career of teaching, coordinating and managing community art projects, fabrication with various materials, murals and educating Phoenix citizens in arts related projects.

Since focusing on my art in 2009 I have painted over 50 murals in Arizona, one in Belfast, Northern England, and One in Canada. I have had 11 solo shows and 13 groups shows. Am currently working on $280,000 public art project.