Deliasofia Zacarias
(she/her)
Board Co-Chair
Deliasofia Zacarias is a writer, curator, and arts administrator whose work sits at the intersection of art, politics, immersive storytelling, and emerging media. Based in Los Angeles by way of El Paso, Texas, she currently serves as Chief of Staff and Curatorial Assistant in the CEO & Director’s Office at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
During her tenure at LACMA, her exhibitions include SUEÑO PERRO: A Film Installation by Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2026); Beeple: Diffuse Control (2024-25); Painting in the River of Angels: Judy Baca and The Great Wall (2023-24, co-curated with Dhyandra Lawson, Andy Song Associate Curator, Contemporary Art); and worked on LACMA’s retrospective exhibition ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN (2023-24, co-organized with the Museum of Modern Art).
Her earlier roles include Snap Research Fellow for LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives and LEAP Fellow through the Diversifying Museum Leadership Initiative funded by the Walton and Ford Foundations. Deliasofia received her BA from Trinity University and an MA from Arizona State University, where she focused on Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s mixed reality immersive installation, Carne y Arena (Virtualmente Presente, Fisicamente Invisible) (2017) and analyzed the use of virtual reality technologies as immersive storytelling tools through a social history of art and border studies.
Deliasofia was drawn to AAC because of its commitment to building spaces where arts administrators of color can gather, strategize, and feel less alone in their work. She believes deeply in the power of convenings to shift trajectories — to spark collaboration, restore energy, and remind leaders that they belong in every room of the arts ecosystem. Bringing AAC’s Annual Convening to Los Angeles for the first time in 2025 was especially meaningful to her, as it centered place, relationships, and the cultural histories that shape our work. For Deliasofia, AAC represents both community and movement — a collective investment in visibility, leadership, and long-term equity for arts administrators of color nationwide.
As Board Co-Chair, Deliasofia partners closely with AAC’s Executive Director and board to strengthen governance, steward strategic growth, and expand national visibility. She brings her institutional experience, curatorial lens, and relationship-building skills to support AAC’s long-term sustainability and cross-sector partnerships. Deliasofia is particularly passionate about centering place-based collaboration, narrative change, and leadership pathways for emerging arts professionals of color. She welcomes conversations about museum leadership, emerging media, immersive storytelling, and building stronger pipelines for arts administrators of color.
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