
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

John Galisky
CBL Text Content editor

Sarah Hirsch
co Principal Investigator and CBL Writing Director




Honeiah Karimi
CBL Linguistic Specialist and Program Task Designer for Virtual Reality Project
Daniel Katz
CBL Measurement Specialist and Analyst
Somer Levine
CBL Assessment PD Coordinator
Valerie Meier
Professional Development Director

Rachelle Mottus
CBL
Arts coordinator

Jasmine Nation
Assistant Professor, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Ryoko
Oono
Assistant Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology (EEMB).
Program Consultant for LEAFY and Curie-osity Project

Danyela Ornelas
Assistant Coordinator of CBL Family Services

Dogukan
Ozgen
Co-coordinator of VR project and Technology Specialist

Estefania
Pihen
Co-coordinator of LEAFY and Environmental Education Specialist

Kimiko Russell-Hartelmann
Co-coordinator of LEAFY

David
Sanosa
Lead Program Designer, Virtual Reality Project

Matthew Shackley
Co-Coordinator of the LEAFY Project

Sabiha
Sultana
Assessment Development &
Analytic Coordinator

Richert
Wang
Assistant Teaching Professor,
Computer Science.