Hi, I'm Marisol

My work lives at the intersection of community, place, and visual storytelling. I hold a master's degree in Community and Regional Planning and a bachelor’s degree in architecture, both from the University of New Mexico. My master's thesis explored how qualitative data can be translated into visual systems diagrams using systems thinking approaches — work I applied to the Santa Fe River Watershed as a case study.

 

Since completing my graduate studies, I've deepened my practice as a visual artist, weaving qualitative methods into how I make and think about art. A recent example is a 15-piece digital artwork series I created for the Albuquerque Housing Authority (2025), which distilled community input into images celebrating the assets and visions of Albuquerque's International District. One of the projects closest to my heart is Shared.Futures, a program I co-founded in 2021 and have helped lead and design every year since. In August 2025, I curated an exhibit of work from the program at the Harwood Art Center, titled Windows into the Future. I also have a studio there, where much of my mixed-media practice takes shape.

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My research has taken me to some exciting places. As a graduate assistant with the Intermountain West Transformation Network (2022–2024), I presented findings on Shared.Futures at the American Geophysical Union Conference — earning an Outstanding Student Presentation Award in 2023. That research also contributed to a co-authored publication in the journal Ecology and Society. More recently, as a funded trainee through the Museum Research Traineeship at UNM (2024–2025), where I built skills in interdisciplinary collaboration and museum collection curation.

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At the core of everything I do is a belief in the power of community resilience and collaboration — whether I'm planning, researching, or making art.