West California Academy of Art and Design
艺术美术学院
Meet The Team
Principal and Founder
Lei Wang
Member of of International Society for Education through Art (InSea)
Vice President of the Asia American Advocacy Alliance
President George Bush “2001 Outstanding Art Educator Award” Honoree
22nd Senate District “2018 Women of Achievement and Emerging Leaders Award” Honoree
49th Assembly District "2023 Woman of Impact Award" Honoree
Vice Principal and Director of Education
Omar Gallegos
Master's degree of Fine Arts from Otis College of Art and Design and a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from California State University, Long Beach. Currently, the Vice Principal/Portfolio Prep Counselor of West California Academy of Art and Design. His portfolio class have 100% admission rate for US top-tier art colleges including scholarships with over 5,000 students to date.
Industrial Design
Roman Iniguez
Master of Science degree, Industrial Design, ArtCenter College of Design Bachelor of Science degree, Trasportation Design, ArtCenter College of Design Former Automotive Designer at General Motors and Fisker Automotive Currently a faculty member of the Trasportation Design Department at ArtCenter teaching courses in automotive design.
Digital Media
Jack Sy
Bachelor of Fine Art in Illustration/ Entertainment Design
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, California
Art Introduction / Portfolio Foundation
John Pritchett
Bachelor's of Fine Arts Degree in Illustration
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena CA
Freelance Illustration Practice, over 20 years
Art Instruction, over 10 years, all ages from childhood though young adult
Children’s Creative Drawing
Noriko Yanagisawa
Bachelor of Arts in Art/Design option, California State University, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts in English/American Literature, Ibaraki Christian College, Japan
Children's Creative Transition
Yvonne Chen
Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Department of Fine Arts, Donghua University, Shanghai
Children’s Beginning
Carmen Zhou
Master's degree of Fine Arts in Studio Arts (Jewelry and Metalsmithing), Syracuse University
Bachelor's degree of Fine Arts in Oil Painting, China Academy of Art
Children’s Creative Transitional
Shirley Ruan
Bachelor degree of Fine Arts in Studio Art at University of California, Irvine, The Claire Trevor School of Art
Children’s Beginning / Children’s Creative
Jade Liu
Master of Fine Arts in Painting at CSULong Beach. Bachelor of Arts at UC Irvine.
Communication Director
Elaine
Nieman Fellow, Harvard University
Master’s degree of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University
Bachelor's degree of Law, Peking University，China