bio

Leticia Rhi Buckley is a mom, wife, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, born and raised in East Los Angeles. She has built a career developing programs and guiding public policy that connects the dots between historically under-resourced communities and the arts. Leticia is Chief Executive Officer of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, a museum and cultural center dedicated to uplifting, sharing, and preserving the stories of Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and all Latinx people in the Los Angeles region. She is an LA County Arts Commissioner, Board Chair of the Arts for Healing and Justice Network, and Board President for Californians for the Arts. Leticia also serves as a board member for Downtown Works Los Angeles, California Arts Advocates, the Music Man Foundation and the Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board. An former adjunct professor at Claremont Graduate University’s Center for Business and Management of the Arts, Leticia holds a degree in political science from Loyola Marymount University and received the 2019 Alumni Role Model Award from the LMU Latino Alumni Association. She is an urban dweller raising two children and two cats in downtown Los Angeles with her composer husband.

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Leticia Rhi Buckley es madre, esposa, hija de inmigrantes mexicanos, nacida y criada en el este de Los Ángeles. Ha construido una carrera desarrollando programas y guiando políticas públicas que conectan comunidades históricamente desatendidas con las artes. Leticia es la Directora Ejecutiva de LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, un museo y centro cultural dedicado a elevar, compartir y preservar las historias de los mexicanos, mexicoamericanos y todas las personas Latinx en la región de Los Ángeles. Es Comisionada de Artes del Condado de Los Ángeles, Presidenta de la Junta de Arts for Healing and Justice Network y Presidenta de la Junta de Californians for the Arts. Leticia también forma parte de la junta directiva de Downtown Works Los Angeles, California Arts Advocates, Music Man Foundation y el Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board. Fue profesora adjunta en el Centro de Negocios y Gestión de las Artes de Claremont Graduate University. Leticia tiene un grado en ciencias políticas de la Universidad Loyola Marymount y recibió el Premio al Modelo a Seguir 2019 de la Asociación de Exalumnos Latinos de LMU. Vive en el centro de Los Ángeles con su esposo compositor, sus dos hijos y dos gatos.