Workshops and Presentations

Collaborating with other Teaching Fellows to present to Manhattanville undergraduate community.

Presented a writing workshop through the Ayaskala Literary Magazine’s virtual writing retreat on poetic form and meter, and how to find your voice and rhythm within writing, both on the page and the stage.

Presented about the double-edged sword of shared identities and how to make communities more inclusive; alongside Sophia Monsalve at the Student Diversity and Leadership Conference.

An educational program of bisexuality, pansexuality, and other expansive sexualities; alongside GSRC colleague.

Continuing on the original program with Emmanuel Woolard, this artistic space allowed a new group of artists to share their work in an open-mic format, while interviewing each other about their work and breaking down the barriers between artists and audiences. Presented alongside Emmanuel Woolard.

Presented educational program on the history of party culture/substance abuse within LGBTQ+ spaces, and steps to find healthy, sober communities; alongside GSRC colleague.

Curated artistic space with artists to share their work in an open-mic format, while interviewing each other about their work and breaking down the barriers between artists and audiences. Presented alongside Emmanuel Woolard.

Educational presentation to the SUNY Oneonta community on understanding sexual education beyond cis heteronormative relationships, presented alongside two GSRC colleagues.

Presented a dialogue workshop for the SUNY Pride conference inspired by a discussion from WMST 365: Queer Migrations on the term “Queer” and how LGBTQ+ communities identify themselves.

Presented a program for the NEACURH Spring Leadership Conference about defining bisexuality and understanding how to support bisexual+ individuals and the community.

Alongside the Resident Student Organization Executive Board, I curated Hall Government Retreat for residential students inspired by and themed to the songs of Disney’s Moana, delegating important workshops and program ideas to specific songs from the movie.

I utilized I Am Moana to create a workshop on having school spirit and how to uplift and support your residence hall and campus community.

Alongside Cristina Santos-Carvalho, we presented at the NACURH Annual Conference in 2017 at Purdue University the cultural, political, and personal importance of learning foreign languages. We were awarded Top 50 Program Award, for presenting one of the top 50 programs in the country.

Guided by Melinda Q. Brennan, PhD., I presented at the 2017 Women’s and Gender Studies Symposium. Based on reading from Sarah Ahmed’s An Affinity of Hammers, and work done in Dr. Brennan’s Feminist Theories course, I used this work to discuss everyone’s personal limitations to supporting various movements.