Lucia Pawlowski (she/her/hers), PhD, (Pronounced LOO-sha PLOSS-key) is the Associate Director of Student Writing Support at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. After working at the University of St. Thomas, Lucia started directing writing centers in 2018. Her research area is linguistic justice and linguistic antiracism. Her teaching focus is training writing tutors to practice critical consciousness-raising. Lucia is active in her neighborhood community, learning how hyperlocal activism can overturn systems of oppression.