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Education      2010 Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
                                 Master of Fine Art, Painting
                        2009 Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Rome, Italy
                                 Master of Fine Art, Candidate
2007 California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
         Bachelor of Fine Art, Painting and Drawing

Exhibitions     
2012 20th Annual Juried Art Exhibition Modern and Contemporary Art,
Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Vivan Las Mujeres!
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
2011 Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2010 Thanks Frank, Stella Elkins Estate, Philadelphia PA
2010 Loca Motion, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Festa Di Roma, Stella Elkins Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 MFA First Year Exhibitions, Temple Gallery, Rome, Italy
2008 Open Studios, Santa Fe Art Colony, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Nostalgia, First Street Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2007 BFA Exhibitions, Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2007 It didn’t fit, we tried, Califonia State University, Long Beach, CA.
2007 From Mi Casa to Nuetras Tierras, Dutzi Gallery:
works by Esmeralda Montes and Shirah Neumann, Long Beach, CA
2006 De Colores: works by Esmeralda Montes and Stephanie Ramirez,   
Dutzi Gallery, Long Beach, CA

Awards           2010      Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, nominee
2008-10 Future Faculty Fellowship Grant, Tyler School of Art,
              Philadelphia PA