Community & Educational Work

Liberando Nuestras Voces

Rosa currently works as the Lead Workshop Co-Facilitator for the Liberando Nuestras Voces Studio Series. She has also served as Lead Writing Assistant for their signature year-long writing cohort program in previous years. 

Liberando Nuestras Voces is a one school-year-long series of creative writing workshops and a creative space designed for adolescent Chicana Latina girls. Rosa supports workshops that invite participants to use writing and art as tools for self-reflection, expression, and exploration of social justice through mentor texts written by Chicana Latina writers and artists. Recognizing the connections between identity, language, and culture, this program fosters fierce writing through a culturally and linguistically sustaining curriculum affirming the girls’ creative dreams, cultural wealth, and language practices. 

Harm Reduction for Youth of The Town (Oakland)

Rosa also works as a youth substance use prevention and harm reduction consultant across Oakland. She collaborates with students, educators, and school communities to support youth wellness through culturally responsive programming. Her work emphasizes relationship-building, restorative practices, and public health education, creating spaces where young people can engage difficult conversations about substance use and mental health without stigma or shame. This work continues to shape her understanding of care as both an artistic and political practice, reinforcing her commitment to creating spaces where young people are seen, heard, and empowered to tell their own stories.

Beyond Tragedy: Reclaiming Queer Latine Vitality Beyond Discourses of Suffering - An Anthology for Queer Latines Edited by Queer Latines

Rosas y Suenos is one of Rosa's new and recent artistic endeavors! This project features and documents artists across California, focusing on a variety of topics for each issue. Issue 1 is intended to serve as an anthology and celebration of queer Latine lives as they are actually lived: ordinary, extraordinary, messy, tender, sensual, playful, creative, political, familial, and full of possibility, joy, and love. She seeks to document the places where we, queer people, feel most ourselves, the music we dance to, the clothes that make us feel like us, the hobbies that keep us excited about life, the art that touches us, the friendships that become family, the traditions we create, and the small, everyday pleasures that make up our lives.

If you are interested in submitting your artwork for consideration in this anthology, you can view more information about this project and submission details here.