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Matías Anaya
Matías specializes in teaching guitar, bass, keyboard, percussion and music production. At Inner-City Arts she developed the Rock Band program for youth of all skill levels to perform in a band. As a musician she has her own solo project and has performed with a wide variety of local artists and bands. Her primary genres […]
Anabel Vallin
As Programs Assistant, Anabel provides support to each program’s director and team to ensure all planning, scheduling, and tasks are completed on time before each programs starts and during its course. Her role creates a connection and bridge between each program so that they work cohesively to understand each other’s time lines as they run […]
Alma Villegas
Alma is a Development professional with extensive cross-sector experience in non-profit organizations, for-profit corporations, and government agencies. Alma specializes in strategic leadership by creating fundraising plans, managing and producing award-winning grants, producing annual galas and events, cultivating donor support and stewardship. As the previous Director of Development and Communications at the arts non-profit artworxLA, she […]
Giselle Barrios
Born in Guatemala and raised in South Los Angeles, Giselle earned her BA in History and Education. She began to attend Inner-City Arts in 2013 as a freshman in high school, taking every dance class she could enroll in and eventually joining the Inner-City Arts Dance Company. As a program coordinator, she is responsible for […]
Shelby Williams-González
With 20 years of experience in the arts education field and 22 years as a professional dancer, Shelby Williams-González has a career made up of overlapping networks. Artist, educator, and leader pushing for social change. Shelby has taught dance and performing arts for LAUSD, as well as developed programs for non-profit organizations such as The […]
Holly Le
Holly is the staff accountant at Inner-City Arts.
Ashley Margo
Ashley loves exploring spatial relationships, color, and typography with students of all ages. She is a multimedia designer and art director who has been on teams that race against time in theaters and recording studios, collaborated to create winter wonderlands for television, summer camps and art classrooms for new media feature films, and worked on […]
Cynthia Nava
Born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, Cynthia Nava earned her BFA in Illustration from California State University, Long Beach. Cynthia is a teaching artist who loves to share her enthusiasm and love for art with her students. Her playful and colorful illustrations have been featured in various art shows and events in the […]
Matthew Sutphin
A native Angeleno, Matthew’s love of the arts started at a young age when he began acting in school plays. He later attended California State University Northridge where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. Prior to joining the Inner-City Arts team, Matthew worked at Center Theatre Group for 3 ½ years, where he […]