The Work

Estelita’s Library

A social justice bookstore & library in Seattle’s Central District and Beacon Hill, has been at the forefront of addressing inequities associated with spatial knowledge and minoritized identity stories. In this role, I’ve been able to employ Black and Brown spatial knowledge and learning as a mechanism to influence city policy, transportation infrastructure and planning for Seattles upcoming Comprehensive and Transportation Plan through community-based research methods. I’ve also been integral in managing the Black Panther Party Newspaper Digital Archive, producing a mutual aid station and community garden space. We are also building housing for our community.

Alternative Practice

Every day, there’s a new reminder that climate change and growing inequities are catastrophically changing how we live. The world desperately needs radical design solutions, and innovative alternative practices will be at the forefront. An alternative practice operates outside traditional modes, both in its structure and approach to design problems. It consciously stands at the periphery and strives to challenge the status quo.

REsearch| FT. Cripping the Map

Please check out our mapping of disability history and culture in Chicago! Since 2024, I’ve been apart of building out a digital humanities, history and public pedagogy project titled Cripping the Map: A People’s History of Disability in Chicago. Our current approach is digitally archiving disabled stories and making this knowledge publicly available through rhetorical cartographical practices. We’re building a public, crowd sourced digital map by and for disabled/mad/crip Chicago to honor our culture and histories.