
Virginia Almendarez (M.A., Performing Arts Administration, 2003) serves as Development Director for THE POINT Community Development Corporation, an emergent non-profit organization dedicated to youth development and the cultural and economic revitalization of the Hunts Point section of The Bronx. Before coming to NYU, Ms. Almendarez received a Bachelor's of Science in Finance from the University at Buffalo.
Ms. Almendarez has worked with organizations such as The Kennedy Center, Ballet Hispanico and Queens Theatre in the Park. Through her master's work at NYU and its unique summer abroad program, she studied arts administration and cultural policy in an international context in the Netherlands, Germany and France and continues to do independent research on policy issues affecting the arts.
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