Experience

Silvergate Media

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Writer

  • Sep 2022 - Present



Sesame Workshop

• United States
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance Writer

  • Jan 2021 - Present



9 Story Media Group

• Canada
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Freelance Writer

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood



University of Oregon

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Professor of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies (IRES)

  • Sep 2012 - Present



Sesame Workshop

• United States
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Writing Fellow

  • May 2020 - Jul 2020

  The Sesame Workshop Writers’ Room is a competitive summer-long writing intensive program for writers interested in children’s media. Eight writers are selected out of hundreds of applicants to develop and workshop their own original children’s television concept and script, with guidance from a wide range of industry leaders. The Sesame Workshop Writers’ Room is a competitive summer-long writing intensive program for writers interested in children’s media. Eight writers are selected out of hundreds of applicants to develop and workshop their own original children’s television concept and script, with guidance from a wide range of industry leaders.



Aderisa Production

• Writer/ Co-Producer

  • Jan 2018 - Apr 2019

  LA SERENATA (Short Film), available on HBOhttps://www.hbo.com/latinx/la-serenata-the-serenadeDescription: Two parents struggle with their beloved Mexican musical tradition when their son requests a love song for another boy.FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS-WINNER, HBO Latino/ Official Latino Short Film Competition, 2019-WINNER, Imagen Award for Best Short Film, Imagen Foundation, 2019-WINNER, Jury Award for Best Youth Short, Seattle Queer Film Festival, 2019-WINNER, Jury Award for Best Short Film, 32nd Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival, 2019-WINNER, Best Short Film, Long Beach Queer Film Festival, 2019​-WINNER, Audience Award for Best Short Film, San Francisco International QWOC Film Festival, 2019​-WINNER, Best Motion Picture Narrative Short, La Frontera Queer Film Festival, 2019-WINNER, Award of Excellence, Accolade Global Film Competition, 2019-WINNER, Silver Award for Best Child Actor, Independent Shorts Awards, 2019-Honorable Mention for Best Children’s Film, Independent Shorts Awards, 2019-Honorable Mention for Best Acting Duo, Independent Shorts Awards, 2019-Runner-Up, Audience Award for Best Drama, CMG Short Film Festival, 2019



Reflection Press

• Writer

  • Jun 2017 - Oct 2018

  WHEN WE LOVE SOMEONE WE SING TO THEM/ CUANDO AMAMOS CANTAMOS (Bilingual Children's Book)Description: In this book, we learn about the Mexican tradition of singing to family and loved ones through one boy who naturally assumes the tradition includes him and his experience. Watch a tradition expand as limitations are lifted to include everyone, all the way to remembering Xochipilli, the Mesoamerican deity of creativity, song, and dance. A perfect book to bring tradition and inclusion into the conversation and support our LGBTQ young ones in knowing that they belong and always have, while providing pride in both our Mexican heritage and our LGBTQ culture and history as families.​Awards: -International Latino Book Award (Best Children’s Picture Book), 2019-International Latino Book Award (Best First Book for Children), 2019-American Library Association Rainbow List, 2019



University of Oregon

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies (IRES) & Women's and Gender Studies

  • Sep 2006 - Jun 2012