New American's Museum - Linda Caballero Sotelo

 LINDA CABALLERO SOTELO Linda Caballero Sotelo is Executive Director of New Americans Museum [NAM] a visual arts & oral histories non traditional institution whose mission is to celebrate & educate about the contributions of multigenerational immigrants post WWII into the American narrative through a variety of vehicles including oral histories, arts & culture programming, creative sector social enterprise ventures, democracy and tolerance building initiatives and leadership development for new Americans. Linda believes in the power of civic engagement & storytelling as tools for social change through the participation and exposure to arts & culture practices as catalysts for building understanding & tolerance amongst communities and civil society. A naturalized US citizen, Linda was born & raised in Tijuana, Mexico. A binational, bicultural, multilingual Fronteriza whose childhood was spent crossing the San Diego/Tijuana border daily seeking educational opportunities. Linda has over 25 years of professional experience as a senior level executive for organizations, national & international projects and initiatives. She has led teams in a variety of corporate, public & non-profit settings heading a strategic consulting business. Other appointments include serving as: president & CEO, San Diego Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; director of marketing & corporate communications, SD Workforce Partnership, and as US director of projects for the internationally acclaimed US/Mexico public art initiative INSITE ‘97 & again for inSite2000 where she was instrumental in the development of over 80 original public art installations & educational exhibitionrelated artistic commissions, curatorial, residencies & production teams in the execution of original world class artistic and social enterprise works along the US/Mexico border. She is a contributing writer & speaker on race, diversity, identity politics, immigration & the intersectionality of arts, culture & social justice movements. She has curated, organized & produced large-scale initiatives, events & educational visual arts programming throughout her career. She serves as a volunteer on a variety of NGO/CBO boards & commissions & holds a BA, Int. Relations & History [UCLA & United State International University-USIU], & an MA in International Business & Economics [Webster-Regents College, UK & London School of Economics]. She calls San Diego home, is married, and has four amazing children. Linda m