She dips her brushes into the paint; her passion flows with every stroke, allowing others to enjoy her work as much as she does.

Juana Alicia, an artist, educator, and activist, has been featured in magazines, radios, and is included in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Alicia attended Skyline College’s Hispanic Heritage Month event where she unveiled her “Earthbook” mural shortly after restoring it.

“She is a visionary visual artist,” said Naomi Quinonez, a poet and educator at San Francisco State University. “She pivots her creative genius on a passion for social and environmental justice.”

Juana Alicia’s pieces contain strong messages in them, unveiling the corruption and injustice showcased within her work.

“I felt really empowered by her work, knowing how those messages were in her paintings,” said Skyline student, Elisa T. “It’s all happening now all that stuff relates to me as a person, the struggles I go through, so I’m glad she puts it in her work.”

The murals Juana Alicia paints are an inspiration; everything she paints has some meaning. The mural located at Skyline College, “Earthbook”, visualizes the relationship between the environment and the learning process in her mural. The mural contains aspects from marine biology, including frogs which are threatened in our area. The piano represents the music department, which converges into a book in the shape of the San Bruno Mountains. Also, the hands towards the bottom of the mural hold up a string of rainbow which represents the ethnic diversity of the students attending Skyline College.

Juana Alicia does Skyline College a service of painting the ”Earthbook” mural, it gives the people who come to the campus an understanding of just how our learning process is affected by our environment; not to mention it adds a beautiful sight to see.

The mural is located in front of Building 2.