Natalie Prieto

Mixed Media artist/artisan, writer, book illustrator and children's book publisher; arts instructor and small nonprofit organization consultant. President/CEO of The Children's Gallery and Arts Center, nonprofit organization for the Visual and the Performing Arts since 2009. Foreign graduate lawyer; graduated Suma Cum Laude with a Master of Arts in Business Communication from JIU and Journalism from UM. Youth Motivational Speaker and Life Skills Instructor. Also worked as Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Counselor in which art education was integrated as part of the healing process. Advocate for community progress through arts and culture.