Marisol
de la Garza

is a bilingual University of Southern California graduate in cognitive science and art with six years of community engagement experience in community and public art project management and three overlapping years of experience in program coordination, communications, and development in Philadelphia, New York, Trenton, Los Angeles and her hometown, San Antonio, Texas.

Community Engagement Fellow
Princeton University Art Museum
July 2024 - Present
Run Summer Academy camps for Trenton and Ewing areas, develop local partnerships, and run bilingual educational events, ensure access from local neighborhoods and aid in transition to new museum grounds.

Global Co-Activator / Project Manager
The People’s Studio Practicum, Trenton
April 2024 - Present
Manage 6-8 freelancers of 8 urban renewal and exhibition projects annually, work in partnership with Trahan Architecture, the Practice of Democracy, Carnavale Wireframes, and manage curatorial teams.

Bilingual Admissions Counselor
Moore College of Art & Design
April 2023 - July 2024
Recruit artistically gifted students from TX, CA, FL and communicate with Spanish Speaking Families

Development Officer, Annual Fund
The McNay Art Museum
April 2022 - Mar 2023
Managed six annual fund campaigns yearly and Upper-level Membership program design.

Fundraising & Communications Intern
Footage Foundation, NGO
Jun 2020 - Dec 2021
Organized, Transcribed and Published 2 TB of Archival Footage (art and anthropological research) from Chile, Russia, Kazakhstan, and New York.

Muralist, Project Manager, and Teaching Artist
San Anto Cultural Arts, Self Help Graphics, USC, Toltekalli Feb 2016 - Present
Acting mural crew for 18 murals, leading on five. Coordinated and conducted over 31 art, identity, and art history workshops with running mentorship programs.

ASSEMBLIES Program Coordinator
NAVEL LA
Oct 2020 - Jun 2021
Managed a re-granting program for mutual learning and interdisciplinary arts groups for over 25 artists. Duties included archive management, proposal coordinating, grant research, and applications, dept. restructuring, board meetings and knowledge redistribution to the art collective.

Art Trade Database Lead
Art Pedigree
June 2021 - Oct 2021
Appraised and tracked the accrued value of artwork and led an intern team to build network models that visualize Art Bazel & Frieze data.

NALAC Visual Arts Panel
National Association of Latino Arts & Culture
Sept 2022 - Feb 2024
Panelist for Flamboyan Art’s Fund’s 188 grant applicants.

Summer Conservation Intern
Casas de las Selvas Tree Reserve
Jun 2015 - Feb 2017
Volunteer educator, sampler, and worker for a Patillas Tree Reserve. Seeded the 1st Maho-Caoba hybrid, worked trails, & drafted materials on endemic species.

Education