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Conference Presentations   

August 2019     Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) Conference – Orlando, FL
                           Panel: “Mentoring Tomorrow’s Teaching Artist”
                           Lecture: “Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies”
 
                           Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)[1] Conference – Orlando, FL
                           Lecture: “The Human Voice/The Voice of The People/Multiple Languages; Points of Intersection.
                           La Voz Humana/La Voz de la Gente/Lenguajes Múltiples; Puentes para intercambio” 

                           Presentation: “Performing Latinx Identity: Dialect Coaching Latinx Plays - embodying the linguistic sound of home”
                           Workshop: “Pursued by a Bear: A Multidisciplinary Workshop in Dynamic Transitional Storytelling”
 
April 2019           The Bridge Initiative: Bechdel Test Fest – Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ
                                Invited scholar panelist
 
March 2019         “Identity, Voice, and Performance” – Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
                                    Invited guest artist-in-residence with undergraduate students, faculty, and community
 
August 2018       VASTA/Pan American Vocology Association (PAVA) Conference – Seattle, WA
                                  Workshop: “Fundamentals of Fitzmaurice Voicework”
 
                             ATHE Conference – Boston, MA
                             Lecture presentation: “Revolutionary Acting Approaches and Resources for the Latinx Actor”
                             Lecture presentation: “The Safe Space”
                             Lecture presentation: “Liberation Movements and Global Exchange in Fitzmaurice Voicework”
 
April 2018           Latino Theatre Commons: Fornes Symposium – Princeton University, NJ
                                 Invited think tank of the most influential Latino/a theatre artists/scholars in the U.S.
 
November 2017  “Deep Destructuring” – Fitzmaurice Research Laboratory, New York, NY.
                                  Invited think tank of International Fitzmaurice Master Teachers.
 
September 2017  Latino Theatre Commons: Encuentro de Las Americas – Los Angeles, CA
 
August 2017        VASTA Conference – Singapore
                                 Presentation: “Intersectionality”
                                 Presentation: “The Power of the Healing Voice”
                                 Presentation: “Empathy”
 
March 2017         “Diversity and Inclusion” – Fitzmaurice Research Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA
                                    Lead teacher for an invited think tank of International Fitzmaurice Master Teachers.
 
January 2017      Santiago A Mil – Santiago, Chile.
                                    Invited delegate for Theatre Communications Group.
 
December 2016   Latino Theatre Commons – New York, NY
 
November 2016   “Presence” – Fitzmaurice Research Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA
 
August 2016         VASTA Conference – Chicago, IL
                               Lecture presentation: “Interculturalism”
 
July 2015             Latino Theatre Commons - Chicago, IL
                                    Panel Discussion
 
September 2014  ATHE Conference – Scottsdale, AZ
                                    Staged reading: “The Heart of Earth” by Cherrie Moraga (playing Ixcumane) 
 
October 2014      Latino Theatre Commons – Los Angeles, CA
                                    Panel discussion and book signing
 
August 2014       VASTA Conference – London, England
                                 Lecture presentation: “Voices of the New Americas”
 
July 2014            ATHE Conference – Scottsdale, AZ
                                 Panel discussion: “Dreaming in Cuban, Interpretations of the Body in Dance, Theatre,                                             
                                 Ritual, and Performance
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October 2013     Latino Theatre Commons – Boston, MA
                               Panel discussion
 
March 2013        No Passport[1]/NYU Gallatin Theatre Conference – New York, NY
                                 Panel discussion: “Dream Acts, Capital Acts”
 
August 2012      VASTA Conference – Washington, DC
                               Lecture presentation: “Librotraficante Solidarity Reading and Laughing Voice as Intercultural Journey”
 
August 2011       VASTA Conference – Chicago, IL
                               Panel discussion: “Taming the Wild Tongue”
 
                           ATHE Conference - Chicago, IL
                              Panel discussion: “Global Trends, Local Narratives: Performative Responses to Anti-Immigrant Sentiment”
 
March 2011       Industry Acting Class – Phoenix Fringe Festival, Scottsdale, AZ
                                Panel discussion
 
August 2009    CEUVOZ International Voice Conference – Mexico City, Mexico
                              Panel discussion: “VASTA: 1986 Until Now”
                          
                         VASTA Conference – New York, NY
                            Performance: “Shakespeare’s Voice: Whose Voice”
 
May 2009         National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education[1] - San Diego, CA
                             Paper presentation: “Insight into the Challenges Latino Students Face while Training in Theatre”
 
July 2008        VASTA Conference – Ashland, OR
                             Panel discussion: “Diversity”
  •                Chaired session that addressed how theatre companies, educators, and scholars are adapting or not adapting to the challenges of the 21st century
 
August 2006        ATHE Conference – Chicago, IL