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BRIC’s Apprenticeship Program

City of San Diego - Emerald Hills Park Public Art Project

Native Governance Center - Finance and Operations Manager

SF LGBT Center 2026 Mural Artist

NDN Collective - Director of Narrative and Storytelling

Office of Monterey County Supervisor Wendy Root Askew Policy Analyst

Fresno EOC - Senior Accountant

Anti-Recidivism Coalition - Communications Associate

California Arts Council - California Teen Poet Laureate

County of San Diego - Group Program Manager - Creative Economy Manager

CAPE - Administrative and Events Coordinator

The Getty Graduate Internship

Las Fotos Project - Development Manager

Americans for the Arts (AFTA) Pathway Committees

LA County Arts - Call for Artists: Vermont Corridor, Site 2

Creativity Explored - Multiple

Bay Area Mural Program (BAMP) - Mural Project Manager

B Street Theatre - Teaching Artist

Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center - Executive Director

California Arts Council - Arts Program Specialist

City of San Jose - Assistant to The City Manager

Penguin Random House - Summer 2026 internships

211 LA Open Positions

The Cesar Chavez Foundation

City of San Jose - Creative Ambassador

Casa Familiar - Multiple

Latino Community Foundation

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Svane Family Foundation - Culture Forward

City of Sacramento - Stockton Blvd Plan

National Creative Forces® Community Engagement Grant Program

California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program

Field Funds

First Gen Artists Scholarship Fund

The Bobby Anspach Studios Foundation Grants

Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency Grant

Artist Displacement Prevention Grant

Roots & Resilience Artist Grant Program

2026 Creative Youth Awards

Stockton Arts Commission - 2026 Arts Grant Program

Filmed in Nevada County Grant

City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture - Small Organization Sustainability Fund

WAVE (Women at the Very Edge) Grant

First Peoples Fund - The Yéego Action Grant

Creative Sonoma - Arts Impact Grants for Organizations (AIGO)

Stowe Story Labs - Curated Short Film Production Grant Program

Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR) + Creative Optimism–Uplifting Promises (CO-UP)

California Dream Act Service Incentive Grant Program

2025 City of Los Angeles (COLA) Independent Master Artist Projects (COLA-IMAP) Grant Program

San Francisco Arts Commission Grants

LA County Arts Grants

Eureka Cultural Arts District Grants

Dance Resource Center: LA Emergency Relief Micro-Grant

2026 BTTL Program

Honor the Earth: Calling all Radical Artists

TourWest

Field Funds: Archiving & Documentation

Getty Library Research Grants 2026

Center for Cultural Innovation - Quick Grant

Walter & Elise Haas Fund - WE Initiative

Center for Cultural Innovation - California Art Leadership Investments

Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants

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Exploring Drama Therapy and Community Theater for Health and Healing

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