| Summary of Education Ph.D. Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, University of New Hampshire M.Ed. Lesley University B.S. Ohio State University Summary of Vision To facilitate interdisciplinary processes that draw from the arts, social sciences, and humanities to address the relationship between global political/economic forces and environmental changes, including the role of transnational governance and the growth of civil society. To forge links between environmental justice, gender equality, race unity, and indigenous self-determination as requisites for movement on the path towards sustainability. Summary of Career History More than twenty-five years of experience in women’s literacy and gender studies, social science research, peace and cultural studies, community organizing, teaching, and consultancy in cultural competency and social and economic development. Over twenty-five years of international activism, including NGO involvement, building and sustaining local community partnerships, grant writing, organizational visioning, fundraising, and participatory action learning. Recent scholarship in educating for sustainability, environmental policy and alternative Third World development policy that underscores the relationship between gender equity, cultural expression, and rural village sustainability. | “So, if you really want to hurt me, talk badly about my language.” Gloria Anzaldua |