Experience

Girls Leadership

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Professional Development Trainer

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Facilitate women and non-binary-centered anti-oppression professional development training for districts, public and private schools, and community-based organizations across the country. Facilitate women and non-binary-centered anti-oppression professional development training for districts, public and private schools, and community-based organizations across the country.



Sacred Roots, Oakland

• Oakland, California, United States

• Founding Executive Director

  • Aug 2016 - Present

  Sacred Roots seeks to center people of color - Black, Indigenous, API, immigrants, queer, and womxn - in our pursuit of shared healing and liberation. We offer a liberatory learning and healing pedagogy, rooted in Black, Indigenous, API, and People of Color cultural wisdom and practice. Sacred Roots seeks to center people of color - Black, Indigenous, API, immigrants, queer, and womxn - in our pursuit of shared healing and liberation. We offer a liberatory learning and healing pedagogy, rooted in Black, Indigenous, API, and People of Color cultural wisdom and practice.



Church Divinity School of the Pacific

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  Develop and teach an annual 6-day immersion seminary course for students at the Graduate Theological Union (8 schools) on the intersectionality of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and immigration status in perpetuating generational marginalization as well as influencing one's theology and experience with the Divine. Develop and facilitate DEI trainings for faculty and seminary alumnus. Develop and teach an annual 6-day immersion seminary course for students at the Graduate Theological Union (8 schools) on the intersectionality of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and immigration status in perpetuating generational marginalization as well as influencing one's theology and experience with the Divine. Develop and facilitate DEI trainings for faculty and seminary alumnus.



Yu Ming Charter School

• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Family Engagement & Equity Specialist

  • Oct 2016 - Jun 2022

  The Family Engagement and Equity Specialist (FEES) assists the Principal and Director of Operations & Strategy in developing and implementing a comprehensive program to increase and deepen family engagement in support of student academic and personal success at Yu Ming. The EFFS will support the development of a strong partnership between families, staff, and the broader community. The EFFS also creates and facilitates anti-bias anti-racist professional learning for all Yu Ming staff. The Family Engagement and Equity Specialist (FEES) assists the Principal and Director of Operations & Strategy in developing and implementing a comprehensive program to increase and deepen family engagement in support of student academic and personal success at Yu Ming. The EFFS will support the development of a strong partnership between families, staff, and the broader community. The EFFS also creates and facilitates anti-bias anti-racist professional learning for all Yu Ming staff.



Jesus, Justice, and Poverty Institute (sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship)

• Oakland, California, United States

• Founding Director

  • Aug 2010 - Aug 2016

  Develop and direct an annual 6-week national collegiate intensive immersion internship in Oakland (CA) on the intersectionality of faith and justice, equipping student and InterVarsity campus ministers as spiritual leaders/influencers in the work of justice and multiculturalism. Develop and direct an annual 6-week national collegiate intensive immersion internship in Oakland (CA) on the intersectionality of faith and justice, equipping student and InterVarsity campus ministers as spiritual leaders/influencers in the work of justice and multiculturalism.