Donor profile: Roxana Keland
Roxana Keland (’97, Visual and Public Art) has contributed both money and time to VPA’s collaboration with Marina High School on a large mural at the school called “Navigate the Future."
Keland, a travel photographer who splits her time between France and a home in Corral de Tierra, is enthusiastic about the mural project, which is being directed by her former professor Johann Poethig. VPA students are assisting Marina High students on the work at the school, which also occupies former Fort Ord buildings.
She described herself as one of the university’s first students and recalled joining with others to paint murals on former barracks that dotted the new campus. Now she sees the Marina High students doing a similar thing, while discovering their own talent.
Keland hopes her gift will inspire other alumni to give back to CSUMB.
“I feel if I can do a little something, maybe someone who has more power can step up and do more,” she said.
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