
Deputy Director of Fountainhead Arts
“It is safe to say that my time in Buenos Aires completely shaped my life.”
Program Year: 2010
Where are you now in your career or studies?
I am currently the Deputy Director of Fountainhead Arts, a globally recognized artist residency program supporting some of the world's most promising contemporary artists. In my role, I oversee communications, institutional fundraising, and publish our annual survey of artists, The Yearbook. Over the last 10 years, I have been writing about visual art for various publications, including CNN Style, The Art Newspaper, Hyperallergic, and Cultured. In 2025, I was awarded the Rabkin Prize, a $50,000 unrestricted award for excellence in visual art writing.
How did living abroad and being immersed in a new culture impact you personally or professionally?
It is safe to say that my time in Buenos Aires completely shaped my life. I regard it as one of the most significant decisions I ever made. The internship helped me realize that I wanted to stick to journalism and communications as a profession, but to focus on the arts. I have no doubt that the cultural and artistic communities of Buenos Aires revealed that trajectory for me. I also met my husband while living in Argentina, and we moved to Miami and married in 2013. We now have two amazing kids, a beautiful home with a lush garden, and I get to return to Buenos Aires frequently.
How did your career path evolve after your Connect-123 internship? Did it influence your direction?
After the internship, I began working for a website called Whats Up Buenos Aires, which was laser focused on the music and visual art scene in Buenos Aires. I continued to write while helping the magazine grow its audience. Later, I returned to Miami to work at an art museum, and began writing about visual art in my spare time. Eventually, I decided to start my own consulting practice, offering museums, arts institutions, and artists communications expertise while building up a body of work as a writer. I joined Fountainhead formally in 2021 after several years working on the project as a consultant, and I'm incredibly proud of all we have achieved in that time.


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