Position

Executive Director / brookes[@]chicagoartistscoalition[.org]

Bio

Prior to this role, she was Executive Director of Metropolis Performing Arts Centre and School of Performing Arts in suburban Chicago. In 2022, she was part of the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture Leadership Institute. Her early career at the Institute for Latino Studies focused on visual art exhibitions, documentation of Latinx art and artists, and collaborative arts projects with organizations across the US. She was part of the inauguration of the Consejo Gráfico Nacional. Before returning to non-profit arts, she was Executive Director of SunstoneFIT in Dallas, TX for 12 years. She is an alumna of the Stagen Integral Leadership Program and was awarded a Foreign Language and Area Studio (FLAS) fellowship to Brazil from the U.S. Department of Education. She holds a B.F.A. in Studio Arts: photography and ceramics, a second major in Spanish, and a Masters in Nonprofit Administration from the University of Notre Dame | Mendoza School of Business.