Accomplishments
• Featured on national television show Latin Nation
• Featured in PBS film Dream Makers
• Featured Speaker for The W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Featured Speaker White White Privilege Conference
• Adelante Award Recipient
• Featured Speaker at LIDERES Concference at the National Council of La Raza
• Featured Speaker at the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute
• Featured Speaker at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity
• Featured Speaker at Congreso Latino
• Member of The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures
• Member of National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies
• Featured Speaker at the National Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán Conference
• Awarded the C-JAM Educator Equipment Fund sponsored by the McCormick Foundation
• Director and Author of theatrical production Crime Against Humanity
• Award winner of The Spirit In The Words Poetry Competition- Ford Foundation ‘
• Director of Chupacabra, 1977 Division Street Riots, and The Spark written by playwright Tato Laviera
• Finalist in the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Competition, Guild Complex
• Published in the University of Illinois Chicago Latino Journal
• Played “Cat Eyes” in Miguel Piñero’s The Sun Always Shines for the Cool
• Featured guest on Chicago Public Radio Ear to the Ground
• Role in feature film Nothing like the Holidays
• Leading Role and Poetry Coordinator for film Urban Poet
• Cameo in feature film Boricua
• Release of poetry album entitled My Voice
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OBJECTIVE Create, stimulate, educate, innovate, motivate and agitate
EXPERIENCE
Chicago Public Radio (Ear to the Ground Program) Chicago, IL
Freelance Journalist
Write scripts related to reports
Edit stories
Voice overs
Conduct interviews
Café Teatro Batey Urbano Chicago, IL
Founding Member/Collective Member
Organize with a collective of youth for the establishment of Batey Urbano
Coordinated three youth hip-hop/spoken word cd's and two poetry chatbooks
Organized three summer programs offering creative arts and community organizing workshops focused on the principles of
participatory democracy
Facilitated over 432 nights of creative expression
Co-wrote six successful grants to fund various projects and programs ranging from a youth-lead radio station to an after school
program
Organize local and national protests and campaigns around the issues of immigration, the clean up of Vieques, PR and the Latino
Agenda
Coordinated the Batey Urbano Showcase featuring youth artists and poets throughout the country
Facilitate workshops on community building, including youth groups from Congresso Latino in Philadelphia, PA and various university
students and high schools 2004
El Zocalo Urbano Chicago, IL
Founding Member/Collective Member
Organize with a collective of youth for the establishment of El Zocalo Urbano
Helped develop the organizational foundation
Participate in the recruitment of youth ? Coordinate nights of expression 2002
Near Northwest Neighborhood Network Chicago, IL
Youth Action Team Organizer
Facilitate youth organizations in Humboldt Park to work together on projects
Helped secure funding for a mural dedicated to Puerto Rican heroine, Lolita Lebron
Organize youth trainings in various creative arts, skill building and leadership development. ? Coordinate grant writing for youth
programs
Facilitate youth involvement in community initiatives
Make various presentations on youth organizing throughout the country 2005
2005 Radio Arte, Mexican Fine Arts Center Chicago, IL
Placeworx Lead Art Instructor
Coordinated completion of multi media projects (audio, visual and performance)
Facilitated discussions/workshops on the issue of gentrification and urban planning
Developed youth workshops around community activism and creative expression 2004 Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL Poetry/Hip-Hop Instructor
Facilitated five poetry and hip-hop workshops
Organized youth poetry events
Planned use for project space and development
2002-2004
Poetry Center of Chicago Chicago, IL
Poet in Residence
Instructed poetry classes in two Chicago Public Schools
Developed students creative skills with a series of writing exercises
Developed a Latino poetry curriculum
Engaged students in discussions and workshops
Collected students poetry for the creation of the Poetry Centers annual poetry anthology
1997-2004 Mi Gente Magazine
Saginaw, MI Freelance Writer and Photographer
Created pages that include formatting photographs and writing articles on a monthly basis
Designed pages using Adobe Photo Shop and Adobe Page Maker
Master of the entire printing process from writing articles to printing