
ABOUT US
Community Based Literacies (CBL) is an interdisciplinary, multicultural, and multilingual community of university students, staff, and faculty who position themselves as co-thinkers, co-researchers, co-designers, and co-creators with local youth and educators.
CBL programs invite members to explore, envision, and collaborate on a variety of literacy-driven topics and issues, particularly those relevant to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) within the context of environmental sustainability. The philosophy of CBL pedagogy foregrounds collaboration, support, and emotional connections among all members. As such, CBL has no hierarchy and actively stretches the boundaries of traditional notions of learning that integrates critical sociocultural issues for equity and social justice.
CBL Team

Fatima Andrade Martinez
Lead CBL Coordinator

Denice Barba-Medina
CBL instructional coordinator



John Galisky
CBL Text Content editor
Sarah Hirsch
co-Principal Investigator and Director of Writing for Curie-osity Project
Faith
Hyun
International Partner
Saint Paul Preparatory School
Honeiah Karimi
CBL Linguistic Specialist and Program Task Designer for Virtual Reality Project

Daniel Katz
CBL Measurement Specialist and Analyst

Ali
Muller

Somer Levine
CBL Assessment PD Coordinator

Luis Narvaez

Valerie Meier
Professional Development Coordinator

Jasmine Nation

Rachelle Mottus
CBL
Arts coordinator

Ryoko
Oono
CBL Lead Administrative Coordinator
Co-Founder of the
Assistant Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology (EEMB).
Program Consultant for LEAFY and Curie-osity Project

Klarissa Olivarez
CBL Social Media Assistant Coordinator


Dogukan
Ozgen
CBL Technology Specialist
and Coordinator


Estefania
Pihen
Social media coordinator & Co-coordinator of the


David
Sanosa
Lead Program Designer, Virtual Reality Project



Assessment Development & Analytic Coordinator
Sabiha
Sultana
CBL Program Affiliate
Robert
Speiser
Scott
Simon
Matthew Shackley
Co-Coordinator of the LEAFY Project
Assistant Teaching Professor, Computer Science.