10 years later.

In 2003 I received a B. A in Visual and Performing Arts and Technology. ( With an emphasis on video art on the web (using Dreamweaver) and on film).

From 2003 until 2006 I worked as Arts and lectures coordinator for Cal State San Marcos.

In 2006 I moved to San Francisco to pursue a job in the technology field.

In 2007 due to lack of experience in the tech field, I started working at El Mensajero News paper as Administrator assistant.

In 2008 the Economy crisis hits and my dream to pursue a job in the technology field was put on hold.

In 2009 I Became Airbnb host after the big Economic crisis to cover my expenses; after I received a cut on my salary from El Mensajero newspaper. ( I am still active hosting for Airbnb).

In 2010 I started to coordinate the video production at El Mensajero newspaper.

In 2011 I returned to my hobby at heart which is painting and joined Artspan to show case my art at Open Studio.

In 2012 I created El Fachonista, a mens fashion video blog with the latest fashion trends. El Fachonista was active for a year at El Mensjaero website.

In 2012 I returned to my interest in technology and started to look for places where I could learn coding. I did not wanted to spend 2 more years to get a Masters degree in computer science. I knew there were a few choices out there.

In 2013 El Fachonista wins silver award at the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) Jose Marti Awards. 

* In January I started violin classes and took a few Italian lessons.
* During the month of February I started to teach myself how to play the Ukelele.
* From June to August I started classes at Noisebridge to learn more of HTML, and get familiar with  Java Script and Ruby.
* From July to August I had a tutor at E-lance via Skype.
* In August I resigned El Mensajero newspaper to pursue my interest in technology.
* From September to November took a course at SF State (Learn to code).
* In September I got accepted at Coding Dojo.
* During the month of October I showed my work at Artspan Open Studio and ArtHub.
* In December www.dognate.org was created.

Arts and Technology

I am Artist by soul and a Web Dev by heart. Technology is changing our lives and the way we live 
drastically. The need to learn new skills  in technology its critical for the sake of one's survival 
in this latest technology wave.

I am native to Californian, and I am the youngest of 5 children. I was raised in Mexicali Baja California, 
Mexico. I entered San Diego City College, before studying traditional painting at Middlesex County 
College (New Jersey).  I returned  to San Diego to continue my arts studies at California State University 
San Marcos (CSUSM), where I started a Japanese language curriculum, immersing myself in Japanese 
culture, specifically Sumi-e painting and Japanese cinema (1949-1987), and I spent a semester 
at kansai Gaidai University in Hirakata City, Japan. Upon returning to the United States I 
continued to explore the artistic media such as video arts, painting and Internet based arts.

In 2003 I received a B. A in Visual and Performing Arts and
Technology, Deans List. My video work focuses on 
incorporating traditional visual techniques with novel approaches 
to still photography.  In painting I explore surrealism, using 
Japanese painting techniques with modern acrylic media, infusing 
my interest in my Mexican heritage. 

I think of my art work as unfinished inventories of fragmented 
ideas expressed as objects and lines. They are improvisational 
sites in which the constructed and the ready-made are used to 
question our making of the world through vision in the language 
of knowledge. 

I have found the histories of surrealism and minimalism to be 
useful in the rearranging of received ideas. The paintings I 
make are placed in modernist art, in hopes of making 
visible what is overlooked in the historicism of the art.