Arturo Urista
April 17, 1961 East Los Angeles, California

Education
2001 - Multiple Subject Credential
    California State University, Los Angeles
1995 - Master of Arts in Sociology
    California State University, Los Angeles
1987 - Dual Bachelor of Arts in Art and Sociology
    California State University, Los Angeles
1980 - Associates of Arts in Architectural Drafting
    Don Bosco Technical Institution, Rosemead, California

Employment
1996 - present 
Los Nietos School District, Whittier CA
1991 – 1996
Montebello and Los Angeles Unified School Districts
1989 – 1990
Community Coordinator 
Social Public Arts Center (SPARC)
1988-1989
Research Assistant
National Association of Latino Officials (NALEO) 
1986-1988
Teacher’s Assistant
Los Angeles Unified School District
1985 - 1986 summer
Gallery Assistant
Vincent Price Gallery, East Los Angeles, College
1980 – 1985
Draftsman 
Ralph M. Parsons, Pasadena CA

Involvements
2010 -2012 
President 
Los Nietos Teachers Association
2008, 2010, 2012
Representative member 
National Educators Association RA  
May 1997
Presenter 
New Perspectives on Chicano/a Cultures at UCLA
1988 – 1994 
Volunteer gallery director 
Gaieria Otra Vez,  Self Help Graphic
1993
Juried 
Los Angeles Print Exhibition, Watts Towers
1991-1993
Juried
33rd and 34th Congressional District Art Competition
1987 - 1990
Organizer and protestor 
No Prison in East L.A. Resurrection Church
1986-1987
Docent tour guild 
Los Angeles Visual Arts and Museum of Contemporary Art