She was previously the Interim Associate Director of Art and Technology for the Culture, Art and Technology program at UCSD and a researcher at the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts, CalIT2 and the UCSD School of Medicine. cárdenas worked in the Experimental Game Lab at the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts on the Scalable City project. Education Cárdenas earned her PhD at the University of Southern California in the Media Arts and Practice program where she was a Provost Fellow. She received her MFA at the University of California, San Diego in the summer of 2009. She also holds a Master's degree in Media and Communications from the European Graduate School and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Florida International University. References External links Cardenas' Blog Cardenas' curated exhibitions at UCSD's Culture, Art and Technology Program 1977 births Living people American contemporary artists New media artists American performance artists American women performance artists University of California, Santa Cruz faculty Transgender women American LGBT artists Transgender artists University of California, San Diego alumni Transgender academics Transgender studies academics American transgender writers