HomeEducation

Education

K-12; Class of 2001 Valedictorian; my mom was my 1st grade teacher; 2006-2008 K-12 substitute teacher and H.S. tennis coach

U.C., Santa Cruz
2001-2005, B.A. Sociology, with Honors; Thesis: …through Transcommunal reparation…
2009-2012 M.A. Education, Equity and Social Justice; Thesis: “Student Resistance as Achievement and Transformation: Exploring New Theoretical Definitions”

gator_web
2013-2016 M.A. English Composition; Thesis: “Code-meshed texts and Translingual Engagement in a First Year Writing classroom” (OR link to paper on Academia.edu)








My Ongoing Teaching blog

Family Histories and Positionalities

My uncle, Terry Curtis, gives my maternal family’s immigration story to Oakland, CA.
On my paternal side, I am First Generation North American: my father immigrated to Toronto from Dublin, Ireland, and lives there still.