Christie Tirado

(Mexican American, born 1990)

Artist and art teacher Christie Tirado creates prints and drawings that explore Mexican-American heritage and identity. Her art also focuses on the life of Mexican migrant farmworkers, who often go unheard, unseen, and underappreciated. Tirado wants her prints to spark conversations about the realities of the labor carried out by America’s essential workers, and their value and contributions to Washington State and to the nation’s overall economy. She is the daughter of immigrants from Mexico.

Tirado earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington in 2013 and a Masters in Teaching degree from Heritage University in 2016. She teaches art to elementary and middle school students in the Yakima Valley, Central Washington.