Patricia is a first generation Pilipino-American. She grew up in various cities around the West Coast and is the eldest of seven. In May 2010, she received a B.A. in History of Art from the University of California, Berkeley. Throughout her college career, she participated in literary arts, spoken-word and Pilipino-American student organizations as a writer and events coordinator. She has interned and worked for various cultural institutions including Oakland Museum of California, Lawrence Hall of Science, and Haines Gallery. In the summer of 2009, she was selected as one of eleven participants in the Arts & Business Council of New York a Division of Americans for the Arts’ Multicultural Internship Program where she completed an internship at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. She currently works in fundraising at the California College of the Arts and as a Marketing Fellow in Emerging Arts Professionals/San Francisco Bay Area. Patricia’s passions include cultural research, presently Pilipino-American contemporary visual culture, and investigating innovative marketing and fundraising strategies for the arts.