“All of us in the academy and in the culture are to transform educational institutions — and society — so that the way we live, teach and work can reflect our joy in cultural diversity, our passion for justice, and our love of freedom.”
~bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as a Practice of Freedom
Advocate turned Educator
I have been advocating for people’s rights since I was a teenager, and maybe even before. At 17 I was awarded a California State Resolution for amending the First Amendment. Advocating for the rights for student journalists following a censorship scandal at my charter school.
In college, I pursued literary journalism as one of my majors in undergrad in part to learn how to better connect with people and learn their stories. My other major was Religious Studies, for much the same reason.
I was inspired to get my master’s in teaching centering on social justice after realizing how little access children got to creative, engaging, and life-relevant education.
I started teaching high school in 2016. I have taught in SF’s Juvenile Detention Center, public high schools in SFUSD and now at BUSD.
Educator turned Advocate
Since I started teaching I have found myself pushing the boundaries of what education in a classroom needs to look like as I pursue a liberatory and engaged pedagogy.
This has created relationships with my students where they felt they could come to me with their real-life struggles. Some of those struggles required me to use my journalism background to support them.
In the pursuit of justice and a safe learning environment for kids, I have found myself at a crossroads where I cannot effectively teach and advise students or adults effectively at the same time.
GLAUX is my curated space to continue to help the community outside of the classroom. Currently, this looks like:
Private consulting for students, parents, alumni, educational staff as well as community members on joy-centered consent education, issues related to sexual harassment and harm, and the logistics of coming forward as a witness or victim of that harm.
Contract ombuds work for schools or businesses where I can provide, independent, informal, neutral, and confidential assistance to make navigating these institutions easier and empowering.
Relationship coaching for individuals and couples.
Other private classes for schools, organizations and individuals in things like consent, communication, relationships, and sewing.
