Community Based Projects, Outreach & Curation

Before I am a theater maker, I am a community member and I fully believe that when a theater involves a community and allows them to see themselves in the fabric and DNA of these cultural institutions they will come and make a home there. My practice is centered in care, community, and context. Whether leading workshops about cultural specificity in a show or informing groups of histories that are unknown to them, I work with the communities to provide context and resources on various topics.

Related Work

Conference Session: ​Egyptian Notions of Spectacle and Theatre in al-Tahtawi's "The Extraction of Gold in the Summary of Paris"; American Society of Theater Research Conference, November 2025

Roundtable:  “Barriers of Accessibility to Disabled and MENA Practitioners and Scholars”; with members Bart Pitchford and Winter Fong; Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference, Aug 2024 

BUT Youth Theatre Outreach, 2022, co-leader, helped organized and develop theatre programming connecting public schools and their students with Baylor theatre students.

Mentor Waco, Youth Mentor, Fall 2021 – Winter 2022

Transformation Waco, Afterschool volunteer, Spring 2021

Waco Immigrants Alliance | Development Manager Aug. - Dec. 2020

Mission Waco/Mission World | Director Aug. 2016 - Jan. 2019

Roundtable: “Approaches to Youth Community Work” TCCD No Need Among You Conference, Oct 2018

Children and Youth Community Harvest Festival, 2018, facilitator and organizer

Mission Waco Youth and Children’s Fall Youth Creative Arts Showcase, 2018, facilitator and moderator

VolunTEENS, Organizer 2017-2019, Founded and ran a youth volunteer group