Teaching
The City College of New York
As a CUNY teaching fellow, I have taught or will teach undergraduate electives in the CCNY English Department on a wide range of subjects including Oral History, Mexican Literature, and Maternal Memoirs.
New York Public Library
I was a Helen Gurley Brown Educational Fellow at the New York Public Library from 2014 - 2015, where I managed an arts-based youth program in the Bronx. When the kiddos said they wanted to write pop songs, I partnered with Latin Grammy-winning producers A&X to teach them how to do it.
CityTech OpenLab
As a City Tech OpenLab Community Facilitator from 2015 - 2016, I supervised a team of student bloggers, teaching them techniques for brand management and content development. While at the OpenLab, I also managed the Open Road blog.
Voces de la Comunidad
In my past life, I was a community organizer. I co-founded the group Voces de la Comunidad/Voices of the Community in Springfield, Massachusetts. With Voces, I led popular-education workshops and community organizing trainings. You can read about our organizing work here.
For years I also co-facilitated a training series with the grassroots organization Springfield No One Leaves/Nadie Se Mude.