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Hi there! My name is Nina (she/her). I'm a multi-disciplinary artist, designer (events and experiences), writer, and educator with a background in brand development and strategies to tell (12 years), event production and community building (11 years), and executive leadership (5 years). After 5 years in public education at The University of Texas at Austin, I left academia and I am pivoting back to a career that centers my creativity. My ultimate goal is to build a portfolio career that will allow me to work along the entire spectrum of spatial design: events and experiences, new media and immersive art, and interiors and landscapes with a common thread of education and social impact.…Hi there! My name is Nina (she/her). I'm a multi-disciplinary artist, designer (events and experiences), writer, and educator with a background in brand development and strategies to tell (12 years), event production and community building (11 years), and executive leadership (5 years). After 5 years in public education at The University of Texas at Austin, I left academia and I am pivoting back to a career that centers my creativity. My ultimate goal is to build a portfolio career that will allow me to work along the entire spectrum of spatial design: events and experiences, new media and immersive art, and interiors and landscapes with a common thread of education and social impact.

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Executive Producer, Creative Director, Designer, +2

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Hi there! My name is Nina (she/her). I'm a multi-disciplinary artist, designer (events and experiences), writer, and educator with a background in brand development and strategies to tell (12 years), event production and community building (11 years), and executive leadership (5 years). After 5 years in public education at The University of Texas at Austin, I left academia and I am pivoting back to a career that centers my creativity. My ultimate goal is to build a portfolio career that will allow me to work along the entire spectrum of spatial design: events and experiences, new media and immersive art, and interiors and landscapes with a common thread of education and social impact.…Hi there! My name is Nina (she/her). I'm a multi-disciplinary artist, designer (events and experiences), writer, and educator with a background in brand development and strategies to tell (12 years), event production and community building (11 years), and executive leadership (5 years). After 5 years in public education at The University of Texas at Austin, I left academia and I am pivoting back to a career that centers my creativity. My ultimate goal is to build a portfolio career that will allow me to work along the entire spectrum of spatial design: events and experiences, new media and immersive art, and interiors and landscapes with a common thread of education and social impact.

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Hi there! My name is Nina (she/her). I’m a multi-disciplinary artist, designer (events and experiences), writer, and educator with a background in brand development and strategies to tell (12 years), event production and community building (11 years), and executive leadership (5 years).

After 5 years in public education at The University of Texas at Austin, I left academia and I am pivoting back to a career that centers my creativity. My ultimate goal is to build a portfolio career that will allow me to work along the entire spectrum of spatial design: events and experiences, new media and immersive art, and interiors and landscapes with a common thread of education and social impact.

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Work Experience

Executive Director at The LaunchPad at The University of Texas at Austin

January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2024

Led a fully self-funded university entrepreneurship center called The LaunchPad at UT Austin that provided equitable access to entrepreneurship education for ~4,500 students annually through co-curricular programs and events, grant funding, mentorship, and a physical coworking space focused on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility. Fundraised $2.5M from private foundations, managed a diverse and multi-generational team of 3-4 full-time staff members and 6-8 student workers, and scaled educational programs and events in various formats (in-person, hybrid, and remote) locally, statewide, and nationally.

Executive Director at Texas LaunchPad Network (Blackstone Charitable Foundation)

January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024

Led a regional coalition of 10 Texas institutions that collectively received $10M+ in investments from Blackstone Charitable Foundation with the mission of encouraging statewide collaboration on entrepreneurship education to improve the lives of students, innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) educators, and regional communities while driving economic growth in Texas. Oversaw the curriculum design, development, and delivery of 4 statewide programs (virtual, hybrid, and in-person) that served 1000+ students across Texas and distributed $90,000+ in scholarships and stipends.

Advisory Board Member at SXSW Pitch

January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2025

Support the vision of SXSW Pitch as an international platform for emerging innovative technology startups through global recruitment and preliminary judging.

Board Member at Big Medium

January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023

Advised and advocated for an arts non-profit dedicated to championing and cultivating artists and the contemporary arts in Austin and across Texas.

Event Producer & Experiential Designer at Freelance

January 1, 2016 - Present

Collaborate with clients including arts organizations to musicians to bring their experiences to life – from translating cultural narratives into spatial design to music concepts into projections and immersive installations.

Founder at Sanctuary Homes

January 1, 2023 - Present

Lead a regenerative social club (public benefit corporation) that reconnects people to self, community, and the earth through transformative experiences grounded in art, healing, and nature. Produced experiences in Austin, Los Angeles, and London, and was awarded a $15K grant from the City of Austin’s Cultural Arts Division.