The Parts, Purposes, and Complexities of Decolonizing STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, & Maker)
Maker Faire Bay Area 2018
May 18th-20th
How to use ancestral making practices to develop relevant STEM-centered project-based curricula for students of color.
Reina Cabezas
Reina Cabezas has been an educator for ten years in Oakland and the Bay Area. She started out teaching 4th grade very traditionally, and later found technology, maker edu, fab labs, and engineering, which led to a way of teaching that inspired her. Reina is a mother of two teenage boys, and is herself a Xicana daughter and granddaughter of refugee parents from Central America who define what it means to "make" for her.