Carien Quiroga is an award-winning multimedia visual artist and educator using her artmaking and teaching practices to engage with creative communities, both locally and internationally. Social justice, mindfulness, and collaboration are at the core of her artistic work and teaching practices. Quiroga is on the Maryland State Arts Council Artist-in-Residence, the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, and the Artivate Teaching Artists rosters. She is a Master Teacher and Instructional Coach for the Maryland Department of Education: Office of Fine Arts - Maryland Centers for Creative Classrooms. Her teaching includes professional development for educators; visual art workshops for incarcerated youth and adults, including those with mental illness; intergenerational art programs; and mural-making residencies in hospitals, residential treatment facilities, and schools, working with students of all abilities.