Adrián Nájera-Coto
Adrián Nájera-Coto holds degrees from Universidad de Costa Rica (2005), Western Illinois University (2007) and the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University (2009). As a member of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas (YOA), Nájera-Coto performed in important venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York City, Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro, National Theater of Panama, Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C. and St. Peter 's Basilica in Vatican City.
Adrián has extensively performed and taught in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, México and Costa Rica, as well as in varoious cities in the United States. Adrián has served as full-time professor and associate director of the Department of Media and Digital Culture at Tec de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey.
In 2021-2022, Nájera-Coto was a cohort member of the Global Leaders Program (GLP), a twelve-month Executive Graduate Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship, Cultural Agency, Arts Innovation, Community Development, Business Management, Design Thinking, and Education Leadership. Professional affiliations include the International Teaching Artist Collaborative (ITAC) and the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt Responsible Leaders Network.
Adrián is currently enrolled in the Educational Leadership/Higher Education Administration doctoral program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where he also serves as a Graduate Research Assistant in the College of Education and P-16 Integration as well as a Graduate Assistant with the Office for Sustainability.