Bea is a full blooded Salvadorian who moved to California in pursuit of artistic glory. She graduated with a B.A. in Art History from San Francisco State University, and fulfilled her sense of wanderlust through a magical year in the South of France. Since then, she has worked in education, community engagement, development, marketing, event management, and administration both in non-profit arts and for-profit ventures. Although, she originally wanted to be an artist, she quickly realized arts administration suited her “type A” personality best. She is happiest exploring issues of sustainability for artists and arts organizations, and dreaming up ways in which arts workers can inject new energy or thinking to improve current art non-profit models. When she is not thinking about, talking about or experiencing art, she enjoys exploring the world through travel, music, literature, and friendship.