We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Gabriella Guerriero. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Gabriella below.

Hi Gabriella, thanks for joining us today. How did you learn to do what you do? Knowing what you know now, what could you have done to speed up your learning process? What skills do you think were most essential? What obstacles stood in the way of learning more?

Everything I know now I have learned through many years and a long process of trials and errors.

I have always been detail oriented, therefor all the hours spent in perfecting my craft have been essential.

It is the reason why I am now able to crate high quality pieces!

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

My pieces are bright and colorful… They are designed to promote happiness and love!

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

Well… I was born in Argentina, and moved to Miami in ‘97. As an immigrant in the public school system I slipped through the cracks of the education system. I was a visual artist in a magnet school where not one adult cared to ask what my interests were… or why wasn’t I enrolled in the program. So when the time to graduate came… I had no college perspectives or bright future scholarships.

While working in retail after high school, a co-worker told me about the Art Institute… and so I figured I’d give that a chance.

As soon as I showed up to Ai, the admissions department made sure to register me with lots of student loans.
I worked hard on my craft, and after 4 yrs I graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Fashion Design with the best portfolio, future designer awards, along with a ton of student loans in 2008. I was angry and my art was dark and scary. My graduating collection silenced the crowd.

Due to the market crash in 2008… there weren’t many job options, design was out the window and I found myself working as an art teacher in a preschool… Where I accidentally fell in love with early childhood education.

It was then that my art began to take a turn and evolve into my happy and current style of bright color pallets and happy compositions.

Working with children inspired me to also complete my formal education in early childhood development as well as pursuing my Masters in Education Leadership.

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

I believe every child is an artist, the challenge is to remain an artist through life… which is why it is so important to be an advocate for children.

We can not allow children to slip through the cracks. This means, from providing all children with excellence in education to supporting adults with proper training in order for them to thrive.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.gabriellaguerriero.com
• Instagram: Gabriella_guerriero_art

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