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My passions are creating experiences that explore new modes of interaction for museum visitors and the development of content-rich web sites relating to art, history and anthropology. Using an interdisciplinary methodology, I conceive and implement interactive media for museums and cultural institutions that fosters interpretation and active participation among diverse publics.

I am currently the Sr. Manager of Creative Media Development / Sr. Media Producer at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. I provide direction for the development, presentation and implementation of public-facing digital technologies and educational multimedia to support the Museum’s collections, exhibitions and programs. This entails working directly with curators, conservators, and educators, aiding in the process of taking their interpretive goals from inception to installation through thoughtful and engaging uses of digital media.

From 2008-2011, I was the Sr. Media Producer at the J. Paul Getty Museum, where I led media production in the creation and delivery of both in-gallery and online presentations. Here are the results of working with such a talented team:

2011 2010 2009 2008

From 2003-2006 I was an interactive media producer and content developer at Terra Incognita in Austin, Texas. Here are some of the projects I produced:

2006 2005 2004

From 1993 to 2001 I worked in Mexico City developing computer-based interactive exhibits for museums and cultural institutions. In total I curated, developed and deployed over 70 interactive media installations across Mexico including:

  • Museum of Mayan Archaeology. Campeche, 2001
  • Children’s Gallery of History. Mexico City, 2000
  • National Museum of History - Alcázar. Mexico City, 2000
  • National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City, 1999
  • Centro Cultural Santo Domingo. Oaxaca, 1998
  • National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City, 1996
  • Parque Museo de la Venta. Villahermosa, Tabasco, 1994
  • Museum of Mexican History. Monterrey, Nuevo León, 1994
  • Museum of Mayan Culture. Chetumal, Quintana Roo, 1993

Before my professional career, I studied Mesoamerican archaeology at the Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ENAH-INAH) in Mexico City (1988-1994). It was an extraordinary theoretical/practical education based on historical materialism, Latin American social anthropology and thematic interpretation. During the following four years I worked as a research assistant at the Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas (UNAM) where I carried out field work (geophysical prospecting and excavations) as well as laboratory research (archaeometry) at the following sites:

  • Río Balsas, Guerrero
  • Cacaxtla, Tlaxaca
  • Coyoacán, D.F.
  • Filobobos-Cuajilote, Veracruz
  • Kahbah, Yucatán
  • La Mojarra, Veracruz
  • Templo Mayor, D.F.
  • Teotihuacan, Estado de México
  • Tres Zapotes, Veracruz
  • Valle de Bravo, Estado de México
  • Yaxchilán, Chiapas
  • Loma Alta, Michoacán

[Revised 12/2011]