Awards & Honors
Grant Name: Fronteridades Mini-Grant
Granting Agency: Confluencenter - The University of Arizona & Mellon Foundation Support. In partnership with faculty from the UArizona School of Art, the Museo de Arte in Nogales, Sonora, and Galeria Mitotera, a Tucson-based art gallery and community arts hub for artists from Tucson and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, the I-19 Arts Collective brings together Tucson art communities and art institutions and their binational Nogales counterparts.
Dates: August 2023–November 2023
Amount: $5000
My role: Create a 10ft x 10ft mounted piece that tells a personal borderland story
Project Title or Purpose: The Fronteridades program seeks to promote and define an intersectional space where borders (fronteras) and humanities (humanidades) collide, coexist and give rise to Fronteridades (fronteras + humanidades). All artists will combine their pieces for a mobile mural touring through Tucson, South Tucson 7 Nogales. The University of Arizona's Confluencenter partners with Galeria Mitotera in South Tucson to amplify borderland stories and art through the Fronteridades program, which includes community-based art projects, the "Voices of Fronteridades".
Displayed: Toured throughout the southwest, my piece was selected and displayed at the Museo de Arte in Nogales, Sonora during Pride Month 2024.
Grant Name: The Night Bloom Grant for Artists Award
Granting Agency: MOCA Tucson in partnership with the Andy Warhol Foundation
Dates: June 2024
Amount: $7000
My role: Project Leader, Artist Liason, Instructor
Project Title: Deep Rooted Guidance
A year-long local residency program supporting emerging artists through a series of development workshops held across the city in artist homes, studios, and community spaces—all with a focus on sustainability and creative growth.
Grant Name: ARPA Organization Grant
Granting Agency: The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona
Dates: July 2024
Amount: $10,000
My role: Admin, Program Coordinator
Project Title: Deep Rooted Guidance 2025
Grant Name: Artist Opportunity Grant
Granting Agency: Arizona Commission of the Arts
Dates: July 2025
Amount: $1,500
My role: Program Coordinator (Deep Rooted Guidance 2025)
Project: The grant was allocated for home studio renovations to facilitate future workshops.
