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Alma Villegas

Alma is a Development professional with extensive cross-sector experience in non-profit organizations, for-profit corporations, and government agencies. Alma specializes in strategic leadership by creating fundraising plans, managing and producing award-winning grants, producing annual galas and events, cultivating donor support and stewardship. As the previous Director of Development and Communications at the arts non-profit artworxLA, she […]

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Ashley Margo

Ashley loves exploring spatial relationships, color, and typography with students of all ages. She is a multimedia designer and art director who has been on teams that race against time in theaters and recording studios, collaborated to create winter wonderlands for television, summer camps and art classrooms for new media feature films, and worked on […]

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Cynthia Nava

Born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, Cynthia Nava earned her BFA in Illustration from California State University, Long Beach. Cynthia is a teaching artist who loves to share her enthusiasm and love for art with her students. Her playful and colorful illustrations have been featured in various art shows and events in the […]

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Abraham Aragundi

Abraham Aaron Aragundi is an Artist and Arts advocate from Compton, California. During his youth, he was accepted to the Ryman Arts and California State Summer School for the Arts programs where he was able to grow as a visual artist focusing on color pencil, acrylic, oil painting and mixed media. Through these experiences, he […]

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Matthew Sutphin

A native Angeleno, Matthew’s love of the arts started at a young age when he began acting in school plays. He later attended California State University Northridge where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. Prior to joining the Inner-City Arts team, Matthew worked at Center Theatre Group for 3 ½ years, where he […]

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Collette Williams Alleyne

Collette Williams Alleyne has over a decade of experience in alternative and arts education. After starting with Opportunities for Learning as an Academic Recovery Teacher, she entered into the position of Area Curriculum Advisor followed by a promotion to Assistant Principal, Regional Supervisor, and Educational Programs Project Coach. In the past three years as Director […]