Brenda was born and raised in Puerto Rico, where music was part of everyday life from an early age. A background in vocal performance eventually brought her to Australia, and she has called Adelaide home since 2013.
Her path into finance was gradual and deliberate. She built her career through audit and finance roles in the education sector and holds a Chartered Accountant qualification and an MBA in Finance.
Brenda is drawn to Nexus Arts because she understands, from her own experience, what it means to navigate life as part of a diaspora. At one point she was fairly certain she was the only Puerto Rican in Adelaide. She knows what it means when organisations create genuine space for those voices, and joins the board with financial literacy, a deep personal investment in culturally diverse arts practice, and a strong commitment to the work Nexus Arts does in this community.