Jacque Benitez

Jacque Benitez (she/her) joined the planetarium team again as the Assistant Manager of Planetarium Programs in 2021 after 6 years as the Education Specialist for the Academy's Distance Learning program. She originally joined the Academy as a Planetarium Presenter in 2012. Jacque discovered her passion for astronomy as a young girl growing up in San Juan Capistrano, CA. She found her passion for informal education as a docent in the San Francisco State University's observatory, where she received her BA in Physics with a concentration in Astronomy. As the Assistant Manager, she is responsible for managing the presenter team and part of the live content creation team for Morrison Planetarium and other venues across the museum. In her free time, you will find Jacque swing dancing next to the de Young museum on Sunday afternoons or rooting for the San Francisco Giants.