Paola Diaz graduated in Engineering and Architecture at The National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City, her early professional development was working in interior design, architectural design and construction supervision in Mexico City, her last job as an Architect was for a very large Government Company.

Her experience with design and artistic representation gave her the tools to develop a career as a plastic artist, creating her studio Art & Design Pao Diaz. Working as a commission artist at the beginning and later being part of The Foundry Art Market in Chambersburg PA and The Cumberland Shop in Shippensburg PA.

Through being part of the Foundry Art Market, she has been able to exhibit her pieces in places like Wilson College, Denim Cafe, and Council for the Arts.

At Council for the Arts she has given express art classes for children in summer, and in her studio she gives private classes for adults and children.

Since I was young, I was in love with art, creating fantasy worlds with crayons, color paper and watercolors. I decided to study for a professional degree as ana Architect, and during that time I had de opportunity to learn different techniques of artistic representation, like acrylics, pastels, watercolors, ink, airbrush and professional markers.

After a few years working as an Architect and facing a new role as a mom I was completely sure that I wanted to start a new chapter in my professional life developing my career as an Artist and Designer.

The mix of cultures in my origins and a modern eclectic art are my main influences, among them the nature that surrounds us and the social circumstances that we experience.