Embracing Differences
Artists as Mentors and Teachers of Autistic Artists
Featuring Katie Flores and Xolchi Ochoa
mentored by Amanda St. Claire and Johanna Hansen
Katie Flores
Katie is a prolific and passionate painter with a natural eye for color and spatial relationships. Katie was born in 1994 and was diagnosed with autism as a young girl…
Xolchi Ochoa
Xochitl Ochoa was born in San Diego in 1990. With family in San Diego
and Tijuana, she was raised on both sides of the border. Xochitl has a
deep appreciation and understanding of her Mexican heritage, as well
as a love for pop culture…