JENNIFER ROOT is a fearless optimist always looking for creative opportunities in every interaction. She runs Mindful Media Agency, a boutique Public Relations firm specializing in storytelling and positive messaging for the arts community. She founded Del Mar Lifestyle Magazine, a community publication in North County celebrating the residents and businesses in Del Mar. She specializes in creative strategy, outreach, community empowerment and Media Relations. Jennifer is a jazz and blues vocalist, contemporary abstract artist, and actor – having appeared in film and theatre productions nationwide. She is fiercely passionate about the arts and education and thrives on sharing her love of the arts with others while bringing people together to celebrate the arts.
CC PERRY is driven to help artists & organizations cultivate complex and creative communities. As the Founder and Executive Director of Hestia — a nomadic, traveling artist residency — she leverages the power of place to provide site-specific opportunities for collaboration and creative risk-taking. As a consultant, she brings over ten years in nonprofit fund development to advisement for organizations from Mumbai, India to Los Angeles, California. CC is passionate about All Things Narrative – story-crafting that captures authentic voice and provokes earnest engagement. Her agency is a one-stop shop for artists, providing brand strategy, creative direction, and exhibitions that are dynamic & results-oriented. At her core, she believes in being “both.” Her writing has garnered fellowships at the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference & Tin House Writer’s Workshop and she holds a BA from Vassar College and Certificate in Writing from UCLA. She’s pursuing her MA in English from Oxford University (the Bread Loaf School of English) and presenting at AWP 2018. A self-professed Citizen of Everywhere, CC has lived in 40+ states (30+ in the last three years) in an attempt to satiate incurable wanderlust. Her band, Penelope, wrote their first folk opera on the road, in the way back of a 1996 Volvo Stationwagon.
PATRICIA MALDONADO is an independent interpretative dance professional with extensive experience in dance, choreography, and performance administration from her native country of Guatemala. She was part of the National Guatemalan Modern and Folk Dance Company, traveling internationally to USA, Europe, and South America. Since her arrival to this country, she has researched, choreographed and directed dozens of original works. Patricia earned a B.A. in Dance from the University of California Riverside and a M.A. in Performance Studies from New York University. She has a passion for community development, cross-cultural promotion of the arts, and being a community organizer. Her commitment to community is reflected in her past experience as a Unit Language coordinator at Camp Pendleton; Artistic Administrative Assistant at City Heights/Institute for the Arts Education San Diego; Dance Advisor at City Heights Performance Annex; and Coordinator of the Latin-American Films Exhibitions at Videoteca Del Sur in Manhattan, New York. Patricia has taught improvisational movement at the National School of Ballet Marecelle Bonge de Devaux, Instituto de Turismo de Guatemala and Teatro de Bellas Artes de Guatemala. Recently, Patricia was the Arts Advisory Committee Chair for the Centro Cultural de la Raza, organizing community events, as well as a Board member of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership. Patricia is also a dedicated visual artist and photographer.
