Jaime is excited to serve as artworxLA's Executive Director since Summer 2021. As a performer and artist, he is passionate about how the arts can help shape who a person becomes. Holding a Master's in Counseling in Student Affairs from UCLA, Jaime worked in higher education from doing outreach to underserved communities with a focus on first-generation college students to implementing student arts and culture programming focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.

He also served with an international NGO in Buenos Aires, Argentina teaching children and youth from underserved communities about health, wellness, and developing self-esteem; he also promoted youth-led community development through the arts. Most recently, he served as Executive Director of Olive Crest, a non-profit dedicated to preventing child abuse, serving youth and families involved in the foster care and juvenile justice systems.

Born to parents who immigrated from Mexico and raised in East Los Angeles, Jaime is a first-generation college graduate who understands and is passionate about the needs of artworxLA’s vulnerable youth population.