About Me

H. Maria Armijo is an artist, educator, and librarian whose work is grounded in storytelling, advocacy, and the preservation of memory.

Originally from Honduras, her family migrated to a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. Her varied educational background reflects a lifelong commitment to curiosity, culture, and community. She holds a BFA in Fiber Arts from the University of Cincinnati, an MS in Social Administration from Case Western Reserve University, and an MLIS from Kent State University.

Armijo’s creative practice is rooted in themes of diaspora, assimilation, loss, and the intimate connections that bind us. Drawing from a personal archive of family artifacts, she explores these ideas through painting, textiles, and mixed media. Her work investigates how we carry culture, remember, and remake meaning over time and across distance.

A self-taught painter, Armijo began painting during the pandemic and, in 2022, completed the Kent Blossom Art Intensive in Painting. Her work has been exhibited in group shows at Artful Cleveland, Cuyahoga Community College’s Eastern Campus Gallery, Pinwheel Gallery, The YARDS Projects, and Stella’s Art Gallery. She received an Honorable Mention in the 37th Annual League for Innovation International Student Art Awards.

Armijo currently teaches Game Design and Design Portfolio as adjunct faculty at Cuyahoga Community College and serves as a Reference and Instructional Librarian at Lakeland Community College. She lives in Northeastern Ohio with her husband and two teens.

Armijo was recently interviewed by Books Are My People. Click here to listen to the interview.