Meet the Founders
The Infinity Hub was founded by Jordan Guzman, Alexa Balbuena, and Andres “Andy” Balbuena. Together, we bring art education, design, and practical care to a welcoming place to create, connect, and belong.

Co-founder & Arts and Operations Director
Jordan Guzman
Jordan develops IHUB’s creative programming and art experiences, demonstrating techniques and supporting each person’s ideas. As an artist and educator, Jordan encourages exploration, skill building, and creative confidence while overseeing daily operations and community outreach for The Infinity Hub.
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Co-founder & Design and Marketing Director
Alexa Balbuena
Alexa shapes IHUB’s interior design, branding, graphics, and marketing, helping the studio feel welcoming and connected. Her work also includes party planning and design, bringing thoughtful details and a creative eye to celebrations, shared spaces, and the ways The Infinity Hub reaches its community.
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Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Andres “Andy” Balbuena
Andy supports IHUB through project management, building improvements, facilities, and scheduling. His work also includes social media and special-event coordination, bringing thoughtful planning and ongoing care to the studio’s everyday needs and helping The Infinity Hub turn their ideas into reality.
A Space to Create, Explore & Belong
Our approach at The Infinity Hub
The Infinity Hub is a creative community where children and adults can explore ideas, work with their hands, and develop their own ways of expressing themselves.
You don’t need to arrive knowing what to make—or believing you’re “good at art.” Bring your curiosity, an idea, or a willingness to try something. We offer materials, a welcoming space, and thoughtful guidance to help you begin and grow.
Our approach makes room for individual freedom within a shared community. Everyone’s ideas matter, and everyone helps care for the space, materials, and people around them.
Your Ideas Have a Place Here
A question, a favorite material, an imagined character, or an unexpected discovery can become the beginning of meaningful creative work.
We value the process: exploring possibilities, learning a technique, making decisions, working through challenges, and discovering what happens next. A finished piece can be meaningful, and so can an experiment that leads somewhere surprising.
Some visits involve several small explorations. Others involve sustained attention to one project. Participants can return to familiar interests or try something new, with support to deepen their experience along the way.
Freedom With Guidance and Structure
Creative freedom grows within a space people know how to use and care for.
At IHUB, participants practice choosing materials, setting up a workspace, using tools safely, respecting others’ work, and cleaning up what they use. Support is adapted to their age, experience, and needs.
There is room to move at an individual pace, alongside shared expectations for safety, kindness, and care. When challenges arise, we offer clear boundaries and compassionate guidance.
Learning to participate in a creative community is part of the experience.
What Might a Visit Look Like?
Experiences vary by offering, but these are some ways learning and creating can unfold here.
“I have an idea. How do I make it?”
Someone wants to create a creature, a costume, or an imagined world. We talk through possibilities, explore materials, and learn techniques as they become useful. The creator makes choices as the idea develops.
“I want to use this material again.”
Returning to a familiar activity can create opportunities to investigate further. We might explore a different tool, change one part of the process, or notice how today’s experiment compares with the last. Repetition can make room for confidence and discovery.
“It doesn’t look the way I wanted.”
We acknowledge the disappointment and look at the options together. Would they like a demonstration, another material, a break, or a chance to try again? Their next decision becomes part of the learning.
“I don’t know where to start.”
A participant may need a simple invitation: explore a material, choose a color, look at a few possibilities, or try a small experiment. Adults are welcome to begin this way, too.
“We both need the same thing.”
Shared materials create everyday opportunities to practice asking, waiting, negotiating, and solving problems. We support these interactions with clear expectations and respect for everyone involved.
Is IHUB a Good Fit for You?
Our approach may suit children and adults who enjoy making choices and developing their own ideas; hands-on exploration, play, and experimentation; learning skills in connection with something they want to create; a welcoming environment with guidance available; and building independence while participating in a shared space.
Some people jump in immediately. Others need time, reassurance, or a starting point. You don’t have to be naturally independent or confident to begin.
Offerings differ in age range, format, and level of direction. If you’re looking for a specific technique, a step-by-step project, or dedicated individual instruction, ask us which available experience best matches your goals.
For Families: Sharing Your Child’s Interests
We welcome hearing about what your child is wondering about, making, or exploring at home. These insights can help us offer meaningful invitations and notice opportunities for connection.
During a session, we also follow your child’s engagement. An interest a parent shares may become a project, a conversation, a brief experiment, or something the child returns to another day.
Open studio guidance happens within a shared setting. Support and opportunities depend on the group, available materials, safety considerations, and the time available.
The Ideas That Inform Our Space
IHUB’s approach draws inspiration from play-based learning, Teaching for Artistic Behavior and choice-based art education, Reggio Emilia and Montessori ideas, social-emotional learning, Conscious Discipline, and advocates for creativity in education such as Sir Ken Robinson.
These influences inform different parts of our practice: respect for individual ideas, hands-on discovery, accessible materials, independence, relationships, emotional awareness, and care for the environment.
IHUB brings these influences together through our creative programming and the care we put into our shared space. We describe our space through the practices you’ll experience here, rather than presenting it as a formal implementation of any single educational model.
Come With Curiosity
You might leave with something you made, a skill you practiced, a question you want to explore, or an idea for next time.
There is room here to begin, experiment, ask for support, and make something that feels like your own.