Cynthia Velazquez

• Lead creative and educational initiatives that strengthen relationships with churches, young adults, and multicultural communities across the West Coast, national, and international.
• Develop murals, visual art, and storytelling programs that reflect MCC’s mission and spark dialogue around migration, justice, and peacebuilding.
• Direct community arts projects and collaborative programs, including after-school initiatives, peace camps, and public workshops, use culturally rooted visual communication.
• Design and facilitate art-based educational spaces that deepen advocacy knowledge, support marketing and advertising, and increase community participation through culturally grounded visual storytelling.

• Develop independent art projects that integrate themes of culture, faith, and human experience. Develop art exhibits and social media content as storytelling platforms.
• Create cohesive work across traditional and digital media, including graphite, acrylic, oil, and Procreate/Photoshop, solving visual challenges from concept to public presentation with clarity, purpose, and cultural sensitivity.

Fresno Pacific University, Kings Art Center, Arte Américas

• Supported curatorial planning and exhibition development across three institutions. Applied attentive listening, creative problem-solving, and collaboration with faculty and artists to execute narrative-driven gallery experiences.
• Assisted curators and art handlers with research, art handling, packing, and infographic preparation, ensuring high-quality execution of culturally grounded exhibitions.
• Curated an independent exhibition highlighting emerging Central Valley artists through a cohesive conceptual framework, and regional visual narrative.
• Contributed to the project “Caminos” exhibition at Arte Américas by supporting research, art handling, and infographic preparation to help shape a visual narrative honoring the Latino diaspora of California’s Central Valley.