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Arts Education Coordinator

Celina Aguilar was born in El Paso, Texas. Growing up on the border exposed to social injustices at an early age has heavily defined and influenced Ms. Aguilar work. She received her Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004. While studying at UT she discovered Theatre of the Oppressed and became highly involved the Voices Against Violence Project. She worked to integrate TO methods and art while working as the Sexual Assault Prevention Education at the Williamson County Crisis Center. While at WCCC she worked with Feminist Voices at Southwestern University to create events for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. In addition, she successfully organized Art and Poetry event for Sexual Assault Survivors during SAAM in 2005. Continuing in her commitment to social justice she worked as administrator with the Trans-National Workers Rights Clinic, Capital Punishment Center, and Public Service Lawyering Internship at University of Texas School of Law. In 2007 she collaborated with three other artists to design a two mile span of land along the border for the El Paso-Ciudad Juarez Binational Design Competition and and received the Nestor Valencia award for second place. Most recently she co-authored Collaborations and Complexities at School of the Art Institute of Chicago" for the National Community Arts National Convening Project to be published on the Community Arts Network website. While residing in Chicago for graduate school she worked with the MGR Foundation's Murals program -it provides youth with an opportunity to use creativity to address issues relevant to their life. In May of 2008 she finished her Master of Art in Art Education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. While she doesn't always have time to take photographs she has continues to remain passionate about photography.