Welcome!
Ah Man𝖺̄m!
Niltze! No toca Aki’NeNe. Nipaqui nimixmati.
Warm welcome and greetings from
Yanawana, meaning “place where I rest” in Carrizo/Comecrudo or
Yanaguana, meaning “Spirit Waters” in Pajalate.
Both names refer to the San Antonio River and our local sacred springs as the source of life for this beautiful community, and name part of my own ancestral homelands.
I am a scholar, professor, community organizer, parent and creative adventurer.
Each of these practices shape my daily work and projects.
Associate Professor
of Curriculum & Instruction
Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching
and Race, Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality Studies
University of Texas at San Antonio
Areas of Focus:
Indigenous and ancestral knowledge systems
Frontera epistemologies
Culturally-relevant pedagogies
K-16 Ethnic studies
Teacher education
Decolonizing research methodologies
Community-centered oral histories
