ABOUT ME
Positionality Statement: I am gender queer, Brown immigrant from Mexico, settler to the traditional land of the Coast Salish territories.
I am dedicated to the abolition of all systems of oppression that serve settler colonial and white supremacy.
As a community educator and graduate student, my academic work centers Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples and my curricula are based on the teachings of bell hooks and Paulo Freire.
Drawing from thorough Social Emotional training, I facilitate robotics, digital art and philosophical learning spaces with youth in Seattle, and work towards building community everywhere I go with anti-racist and intersectionality frameworks.
Education
Social and Cultural Foundations of Education Graduate program
Fall 2023-Present
University of Washington
Human Resource Management Bachelors Degree
2016-2020
University of Texas at Dallas
Undergraduate Leadership / Projects
CO-FOUNDER OF PHILOSOPHY CIRCLE
2018-2020
Independent Project
CO-FOUNDER OF UNDERGRAD PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE
2016-2020
University of Texas at Dallas
PRESIDENT OF THE PHILOSOPHY CLUB
2018-2020
University of Texas at Dallas
Languages: Spanish (Mother tongue)
Eligibility: Independent Contractor
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Summer 2023
University of Washington
Alain Locke Fellow at MIT
Summer 2021
Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute (PIKSI)
Professional Experience
Academic Experience
Workshop Facilitator For Care Givers and Educators
Fall 2023-Present
School’s Out Washington
Teaching Artist: Robotics + Digital Art
Fall 2023- Present
Coyote Central
Enrichment Instructor: Art
Summer 2022
WA-BLOC Freedom Schools
Lead Tech Instructor: Robotics
Nov 2020- Dec 2021
Geeking Out Kids of Color
Editorial Reviewer and Translator
Oct 2022- Present
Editorial Collective, LÁPIZ
Panel Speaker at the Inaugural bell hooks Symposium
June 2023
Berea College
Additional Skills and Trainings
SEL PQA (Social & Emotional Learning Program Quality Assessment) Basics
2021
trained by Schools Out Washington
Participatory Budgeting for Orgs Cohort
2021
trained by Participatory Budgeting Project
UNCONVENTIONAL EXPERIENCE
Unpaid Education Experience and Audited Philosophy Courses
As an underrepresented student, my academic experience relies on unpaid job positions and uncredited university courses. This being because work permits and scholarships are not usually granted to students in my situation.
Course by Dr. Lone
University of Washington
Spring 2022
PHILOSOPHY 595 (GRADUATE SEMINAR)
PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY IN SCHOOLS
[Description Under Construction]
Course by Dr. Mendoza
University of Washington
Spring 2022
PHIL 332 HISTORY OF MODERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
[Description Under Construction]
Volunteer at various Seattle Public Schools
PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN
[Description Under Construction]
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School
Nova High School
Online Classes
John Muir Elementary School
Volunteer
University of Washington
2022 PLATO CONFERENCE
ETHICS IN SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES, AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE
[Description Under Construction]
Course by Dr. Bambach
University of Texas at Dallas
Spring 2020
PHILOSOPHY OF AESTHETICS
[Description Under Construction]
Courses by Dr. Amato
Spring 2019 and Fall 2019
PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY
[Description Under Construction]
Course by Dr. Amato
Fall 2019
TRANSCENDENTALIST PHILOSOPHY
[Description Under Construction]
Course by Dr. Amato
Fall 2019
RADICAL PHILOSOPHY
[Description Under Construction]
Course by Dr. Amato
Spring 2019
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
[Description Under Construction]
Course by Dr. Amato Fall 2018