(Pioneers Museum Board of Directors)....They have chosen a new Museum Director.

Caitlin Chavez was named to the position. Museum Curator Jurg Heuberger said the Board felt Caitlin was the best fit for this museum. He said her professional background in higher education and museums, her enthusiasm and her ideas along with her personal charm seem to be exactly what the museum needs. Chavez moved to the Valley from Southeast Texas in August. She said since moving to the Valley she has fallen in love with Imperial County's Landscape and local community. Chavez said it was an honor to serve as Pioneers Museum's Director. She has worked as an adjunct instructor of Art History at Imperial Valley College and as Instructor of Arts and Humanities at Lamar State College Orange in Orange Texas. She has also worked as an intern in the public relations and curatorial departments at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston