VOLUNTEERING
If you want something done, sometimes you have to do it yourself
COORDINATOR FOR INTERCAMBIOS
2017, 2018
Free English and Spanish lessons for Cherokee Heights Middle School’s parents and families with integrated socialization (childcare, transportation, and snacks provided). 24 participants. By my initiative, and I found funding, location, hired teachers, handled communications.
AXOLOTE CARTONERA
2015- Present
Cartonera workshops are an intersection between social movement, artistic interventions, and community projects. Axolote is a Madison, Wisconsin-based cartonera which has held cartonera workshops focusing on human rights violations.
PROCURING FUNDS FOR PROJECTS
2012-2020
My volunteer projects:
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Vamos a pescar fishing club (2018-2019, Gear for 80 students to go fishing) from: Local organizations
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Feed a Hungry Mind (2018-2019, Total: $1,200) from: Donorschoose
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Hip Hop/Spoken Word/Poetry club (2018-2019, Total: $1,000) from: Foundation for Madison's Public Schools Awards School Endowment Grant & MSCR
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Intercambio: Free Spanish and English lessons for Cherokee Heights Middle School’s parents and families
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(2018-2019, Total: $4,500) from: Foundation for Madison's Public Schools Awards School Endowment Grant
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Intercambio: Free Spanish and English lessons for Cherokee Heights Middle School’s parents and families (2017-2018, Total: $3,600) from: Foundation for Madison's Public Schools Awards School Endowment Grant, Literacy Network & Parent-Teacher Organization
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Madison Early Music Festival (2017, Total: 20,000 €) from: Hispanex, Nave Grant, Nave Visiting Scholar and Artist
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Funding my research (2009-2014, Total: $12,000) from: 2014 Fellow Mellon-Wisconsin, 2011 Nave Field Research; 2011 Global Studies World Literature/s Workshop Grant; The Summer 2011 Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS) Grant; 2009 Tinker-Nave Scholarship, 2009 Hemispheric Institute-Wisconsin
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Kaleidoscope Conference 2012 (2012, Total: $15,000) from: Nave Visiting Scholars Fund, LACIS, The Anonymous Fund, The Brittingham Fund, The Department of Spanish and Portuguese (UW-Madison), The Knapp House & Global Studies
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Other: 16 students admitted into the PEOPLE program (2019, potentially $1’600,00.00*) 2 students admitted to the Information Technology Academy (2019, potentially $200,000.00*) *If students complete the pre-college program, a 4 year scholarship for UW-Madison is included