Michelle Arias serves as Director of Photographers, overseeing the relationships and overall management of contributing artists. She plays an important role in the development of creative branding and marketing. Her expertise in the Spanish language is vital in the production of promotions, creative newsletters and all other facets of correspondence. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts from School of Visual Arts in New York, Michelle began her career in the stock industry negotiating and licensing rights managed and royalty free imagery to art buyers throughout the United States and Latin America. Michelle is originally from Panamá and visits her family there on a regular basis. She is a certified official public translator (English-Spanish/Spanish-English) in the Republic of Panamá and teaches English as a second language every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at the Los Angeles’ Hollywood Forever Cemetery.