CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, C.A
PhD. Candidate in Performance Studies Sept.2022- Present
Rutgers University Newark, N.J.
M.FA in Creative Writing May 2016
Thesis Advisors: Rigoberto González
Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, P.A.
B.A., Sociology May 2010
EMPLOYMENT
Penn State University, Brandywine, PA March 2020-March 2021
Project Coordinator, Academic Affairs Department
Thomas Jefferson University, East Falls Pa, August 2019- May 2022
Adjunct Faculty
Rowan University, Camden, Glassboro NJ, July 2018- May 2022
Adjunct Faculty
Sol Collective, Philadelphia, July 2018-August 2019
Strategy & Development Consultant
Galaei, Philadelphia, P.A. September 2016- July 2018
Executive Director
El Centro De Estudiantes High School, Philadelphia, March 2016- August 2016
Resilience Specialist
Rutgers University Newark, Newark NJ, August 2014- May 2016
Graduate Instructor
Fierce NYC, New York, New York. August 2014- February 2016
Operations Manager/Grant Writer
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
TDGE 127: The Films of Spike Lee, UCSD
TDHT 10: Introduction to Play Analysis , UCSD
TDHT 21:Ancient Medieval Theatre, UCSD
TDHT 22: 1500-1900 Theatre, UCSD
TDHT 23: 20th Century Theatre, UCSD
ADV 214: Race In America, Thomas Jefferson University
ADV 215: Latinx American Studies, Thomas Jefferson University
ADV 200: American Social Justice, Thomas Jefferson University
WRIT 100: Introduction to Academic Writing, Thomas Jefferson University Foundations of College Writing, Rowan University
Introduction to Global Literatures, Rowan University
College Composition I (CCI) , Rowan University
EN 353 Latino Literature and Culture the Non Fiction Memoir
Teaching Assistant to Rigoberto Gonzalez
EN11 Text and Contexts, Rutgers University
Graduate Instructor
PUBLICATIONS
Book (Anthology)
Sana, Sana: Latinx Pain and Radical Visions for Healing & Justice , Common Notions Press 2023
News & Academic Writing
"As A Non-Binary Latine, I Am My Own Wildest Dream", Refinery 29,
“Trans Health Information Project: A Peer-led HIV Prevention Intervention to Promote HIV Protection for Individuals of Transgender Experience”, National Association of Social Workers Press, 2019
“International Overdose Awareness Day: Where is Philly’s Overdose Prevention Site?”, Philadelphia Inquirer, 2018
“I’m A Queer Latinx Woman. Philly’ Women’s March Didn’t Represent Me.” Philadelphia Inquirer Viewpoints, 2018
“Hija, Free of Fight” Collection of Poems, Rutgers University thesis publication, 2016
Literary Journal & Anthology Publications
“Jefferson Station Hustle” The Gordian Review, 2016
“Of the Splendor In Between” The Gordian Review, 2016
“Sobrevivir”, Sinister Wisdom Magazine 74th Edition, 2008
“One Miraculous Day”, Sinister Wisdom Magazine 74th Edition, 2008
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, & AWARDS
Writing Arts Adjunct Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2021
Patricia Kind Family Foundation Grant, 2018, 2019
Vital Funds 2018, 2019
Northwood Writers Conference, Bemidji State University, 2016
Institutional Development Fellowship, Rutgers Newark 2014
Leeway Foundation Art & Change Grant, Philadelphia, 2012
LILAC Summer Institute Funding, Bryn Mawr College 2009
Peace & Global Citizenship, Grant, Haverford College 2008
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dramaturgical Consultation:
“The Promise”, University of California San Diego
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Director: Ludmilla Brito
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Year: 2024
Sound Designer
- “BLU”, by Virginia Grise, University of California San Diego
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Director: Cambria Herrera
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Year: 2023
“Esto No Tiene Nombre” by Denice Frohman
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Director: Alex Torra
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Year: 2023
CONFERENCES, PRESENTATIONS, PERFORMANCES & GUEST FEATURES
Guest Features
“La Brega” - WYNC Studios & Futuro Media
* Host: Raquel Riechard
* Season 2, Episode 4 “I Wonder if I Take You Home”- Freedom in Freestyle
* Year: 2022
Presentations & Performances
“Race Talk Revolution: Our Latinx Heritage- Re-remembering Who We Are”, Online Symposium chat, Race Talk Revolution, September 2023
“Diasporican Constellations of Co-resistance in Philly Rican Performance & Visual Arts”, Nuyorican/Diasporican Visual Arts Conference, The Latinx Center, NYU December 2022
“Unsettling Borders: The Power of Public Scholarship & Puerto Rican Healing”, Association of The Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, 2021
“Reimagining School-Community Partnerships for Self-Determination and Community Control: Community Organizing and Critical Participatory Action Research”, American Educational Research Association, 2021
“Looking Class: Bregando” WHYY Studios Commonspace Live, 2018
“There's No Place Like Home” Presented at Latino Communities Conference: Moving forward through Tides of Change,West Chester University, West Chester, Pa March 2012
“The Pen is Mightier than the Sword: Using Creative Writing as an Organizing Tool” Presented at The Annual Young Leaders Conference, Science Leadership Academy, March 2012
“Queer Latinidad” Presented at the Each Coast MECha Conference, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pa, November 2011
Featured Panelist Annual Hip Hop Conference, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, April 2010
Lectures
“My Sex, My Gender, My Everything” Workshop Series, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore Pa, October & November 2012
“Sin Fronteras: Exploring the Intersectionality of HIV/AIDS, Latin@s and LGBTQ Communities” Lecture, West Chester University, West Chester Pa, October 2012 Tri College Summer Institute, Sexuality & Gender Facilitator, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr Pa, August 2013