As a community outreach program manager, Lisa supports听faculty, staff and students in the development of听partnerships and program strategies for work with communities around Colorado. She听leads our office's听arts and humanities initiative听补苍诲听community development and design initiative, and听the听engaged arts and humanities graduate student scholars program听(EAH scholars). Lisa also co-manages the office's community impact and micro grants and听community engagement coffee hours听and authors听engaged scholars interviews.
Lisa has a doctorate in education from the University of Arizona, and was a postdoctoral researcher听and research director in the CU Boulder School of Education before joining the Office for Outreach and Engagement听in 2016. Lisa has longstanding experience as an outreach professional, educator, educational researcher and social scientist. In her prior work, Lisa designed and researched digitally mediated learning environments and educational resources听that leveraged听university and community resources.听Lisa鈥檚听听work听focuses on STEM/STEAM, new media/new and multimodal literacies, and community/school gardens with learners of all ages and a focus on Latino and lower-income communities. While committed to living in the American West, Lisa also has lived in Latin America and Europe.听Lisa鈥檚 multidisciplinary听experience serves her well in her current endeavors.听