I am a community-engaged artist, educator, and scholar who believes art can spark social transformation. As a faulty member currently working at CSUSB, I draw on experiences from K–12 classrooms and grassroots organizing to create spaces where creativity and justice meet. I founded Entretejer/Interweave Community School in Springdale, Arkansas, a program that brings people together across cultures through art and dialogue. With other team members, I have organized art-based bilingual classes and workshops for working-class Latina/o families. This community engagement has been central to my educator-scholar identity and practice. 

Most recently, I published Decolonial Arts Praxis: Transnational Pedagogies and Activism, a book that reflects their commitment to art as a tool for equity, storytelling, and collective change. The book, as a collaborative project, features various forms of writings and artworks created by decolonial feminist artists, activists, educators, and scholars based in Bolivia, Canada, Mexico, Nigeria, South Korea, and the United States. 

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