My Background
(She/Her/Ella)
I studied and achieved an Associate in Photography from Maine Media College, a Bachelor of Art in Photography and Design from Lesley University, and a Masters in Education of Art from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. I began by teaching Photography, Semiotics, Photographic Journalism, and advising undergraduate theses in the field of Social Communications in the communications Department at Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala, C.A. I moved to Massachusetts in 2010 and started teaching at Lexington High School in 2014. I am currently teaching students in ninth to twelfth grade in Foundations of Digital Art, Animation, Advanced Digital Art, Digital Video Production, and Art for Social Change with a curriculum focus on different discourses on modernity, culture, and globalism to nurture critical thought and create anti/post/decolonial curriculum through the lenses of the students in the classroom and their experiences and identities. I am part of the district and the school's Equity and Inclusions team, the co-founder of the district's Reframing Art & Design Professional Learning Community, and an IDEAS instructor for Massachusetts. I advise Fashion Club, Animation Club, and Mural Crew. I work hard to make room 155 a safe space for students to explore their identities and expand their creativity. Students are always welcome to come in and ask for help or just to hang out!
I want to give my most sincere Thank You to the LEF Foundation! Without their constant and unwavering support the Animation, Digital Video Production and overall digital course program of studies would not be possible!