About Me

H. Maria Armijio is an immigrant. 

Her family migrated to a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fiber Arts from the University of Cincinnati, a Master of Science in Social Administration from Case Western Reserve University and a Master of Library and Information Science from Kent State University. 

Armijo’s work foundation revolves around art, literacy, advocacy, and storytelling. She uses her collection of family artifacts to tell the story of memory, communication, loss, diaspora, assimilation, and the things that bind us. Her interests lie at the intersection of creating and sharing culture through paintings, textiles, and exploratory Art. Armijo learned to paint during the pandemic. 

In 2022, she completed the Kent Blossom Art Intensive in Painting. Armijo has been included in exhibitions at Artful Cleveland, Cuyahoga Community College’s Eastern Campus Art Gallery, Cleveland OH; Pinwheel Gallery, Cleveland, OH; The YARDS Projects Cleveland, OH; Stella’s Art Gallery, Willoughby, OH. Armijo received an Honorable Mention in the 37th Annual League for Innovation International Student Art Awards. 

Armijo is an adjunct faculty member at Cuyahoga Community College, where she teaches Game Design and Design Portfolio. She is also a Reference and Instructional Librarian at Lakeland Community College. She currently resides in Northeastern Ohio with her husband and two kids.

I was recently interviewed by Books Are My People. Click here to listen to the interview.