As the Manager for ArtsU and Local Engagement, Mital will work to connect resources across AFTA to develop field education offerings to foster and cultivate competent and informed local, regional, and national arts and culture professionals. Mital’s background in social work has provided her with diverse opportunities to connect communities to resources. She is motivated by supporting individuals and communities to champion their passions.

Mital has been involved in creative outlets since her childhood, utilizing arts and culture programs in every city she has lived in to express and heal. She holds a Master of Social Work in Community and Economic Development from the University of South Carolina and a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology from Suffolk University in Boston.