Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Sheila has worked in North Texas regional theatre since 2004 and has been associated with Pegasus Theatre for many of those years as an actor, producer, and active member of their operations team. She is also a seasoned professional with 30 years of corporate Human Resources experience, holds a degree in Business from UT-Arlington, is a recent graduate of the Stagen Leadership Academy, and is a certified HR professional with the national Society of Human Resources Management and the Human Resources Certification Institute. With a passion for corporate training, leadership development, and strategic facilitation, she recently became a 3 Vital Questions-Transforming Workplace Drama facilitator through the Bainbridge Leadership Center. Sheila is a proud Latina whose life purpose is to create and to inspire engagement, passion, and joy in people’s lives and she knows the best way to do that is to learn from others, to create safe spaces, and to lift voices. When the executive leadership and the board of Pegasus asked her to assume the strategic leadership of the DEI committee, Sheila was excited for the opportunity to be a part of taking positive steps toward change for the theatre as well as helping to move the needle with the arts community in Dallas. She is humbled by the enthusiasm and determination of the advocates and committee members and looks forward to the growth they will achieve together.  

“Without awareness, there is only habit and pattern.  With awareness, there is perspective, choice, and responsibility.” – unknown