I examine the agency and resiliency of historically marginalized students and their communities to navigate and confront systemic inequities stemming from a complex interplay of political, economic, and social factors. Leveraging my background as an educator, practitioner, and policy advocate, I underscore the pivotal role of policy in structuring educational access, opportunities, and outcomes for Black and Brown students, particularly in relation to income, race, and geography.
Using Community-Based Participatory Research methods, I view knowledge production as a collaborative endeavor, aligning our research with the intent of empowering students and their communities to create access and reimagine schooling.
Current Research Projects:
Examining social movement building for educational equity in the East Bay (1960s to 1990s)
Assessing statewide efforts to support Ethnic Studies high school teachers in the Bay Area with the implementation of the California Ethnic Studies high school graduation requirement (CA SB 101).
Critical Pedagogy, critical race theory and praxis, Decoloniality, educational policy, qualitative and design-based community participatory inquiry
