CURRICULUM VITAE

EdykaChilom
Edyka.Chilome@gmail.com
EdykaChilome.com

Education

M.A.MulticulturalWomensStudies,TexasWomansUniversity,December2013.
B.A.SocialandPoliticalPhilosophy/SocialJustice,MinorsinSociology,BlackWorldStudies,Latin
AmericanStudies,Women'sandGenderStudies,LoyolaUniversityChicago,May2011.

Thesis

UpNext:TheEpistemicPowerofSpokenWordPoetry.ThesisChair:AnaLouiseKeating.

Teaching/ResearchInterests

Womenofcolorsliteraryworks;poetryandpoeticform;performancestudies;feministwomanist
pedagogies;postcolonialanddecolonialthought;indigenousandwomanistepistemologies;theindigenous
latinxdiaspora;spiritual[art]ivisms;selfrecoverythroughstorytelling.

EmploymentHistory

LanguageJusticeLiaison,AlternateRoots,DallasTX.Jan2017Present.

AdjunctProfessor,ElCentroCollege,DallasTX.Humanities,Dec2016Present.

CourseDirector,FreeMindsDallas,ElCentroCollege,Dallas,TX.TheClementeCourseintheHumanities,
July2016May2017.

Instructor,FreeMindsDallas,ElCentroCollege,Dallas,TX.TheClementeCourseintheHumanities
Literature,July2015May2017.

InterimBilingualResidentialCaseManagerandCrisisInterventionSpecialist,DentonCountyFriendsofthe
Family,Denton,TX.Summer2013.

TeachingAssistant,TexasWomansUniversity,Denton,TX.WomensStudies,Aug20112013.

AssistantDirectorandChiefAcademicAdvisor,TheHispanicYouthLeadershipAcademy,Southern
MethodistUniversity,Dallas,TX.Aug20112013.

Instructor,TheHispanicYouthLeadershipAcademy,SouthernMethodistUniversity,
Dallas,TX.Aug20082013.

SexEducator,LatinAmericanYouthCenter,HIVPrevention,Washington,DC.Jan20072008.
Teaching

Instructor,ElCentroCollege,Dallas,TX
FineArtsAppreciation,Spring2017Fall2017.

Instructor,ElCentroCollege,FreeMindsDallas,Dallas,TX
TheClementeCourseinTheHumanities,Literature,Fall2015Spring2017.

GraduateTeachingAssistant,TexasWomansUniversity,Denton,TX
IntroductiontoMulticulturalWomensStudies:GenderandSocialChange,Fall2011Fall2013.

Instructor,TheHispanicYouthLeadershipAcademy,SouthernMethodistUniversity,Dallas,TX
MyCommunityandMe:ExploringLatin@IdentityandSocialLandscape,Summer20082013.
WhatCanIdo:ExploringVocationandEducation,Summer20082013.
PlayingtheGame:NavigatingSystemsandInstitutions,Summer20082013.

LiteraryPresentationsandWorkshops

FeaturedPoet,CouncilonFoundations,TheU.S.DepartmentofArtsandCulture,DallasTX.April2017.

FeaturePoet,DecolonizingDallas:DarkMoonPoetry,DallasTX.April2017.

WorkshopFacilitator,ExploringIndigenousIdentitiesInSciFi,RootsWeekend,DallasTX.Oct2016

FeaturedPoet,ArtistCircleNasherSculptureCenter,DallasTX.Sep2016.

FeaturedPoet,AlternateRoots,RootsWeek,AshevilleNC.Aug2016.

FeaturedPoet,ElParadisoCafe,Tegucigalpa,Honduras.May2016.

Host,Women'sStoriesFromTheMargins,MECAPerformingArts,Houston,TX.April2016.

Poet,StolenBirthdays:MothersAgainstPoliceBrutality,Sandaga813,Dallas,TX.Nov2015.

SpotlightArtist,BusBoysandPoets,Hyattsville,MD.May2015.

FeaturedPoet,MeetThePoetSeriesattheDallasPublicLibrary,Dallas,TX.April2015.

FeaturedPoet,TucsonPoetryFestivalBreakingBorders.Tucson,AZ.April2015.

TeachingArtist,BigThought,DallasPublicLibrary,Dallas,TX.Nov2014.

Poet,ConciertoHonorMigrante,TeatroFlorCandela,Dallas,TX.Oct2014.
FeaturedPoet,HispanicHeritageCelebrationatUniversityofTexasDallas,Dallas,TX.Oct2014.

FeaturedPoet,TheLadiesRoom,TheTexasDemocraticConvention,Dallas,TX.July2014.

Poet,ABrightEvening,DallasMuseumofArt,Dallas,TX.June2014.

Poet,IntheWordsofaSistah,BlackAcademyofArtsandLetters,Dallas,TX.May2014.

FeaturedPoet,RaicesLatinas,BostonUniversity,TellingOurStories.Boston,MA.March2014.

ProfessionalTheater

Actress,AfterOrlando,StageWestTheatre,DNAWorks,DanielBanks,FortWorthTX,Jan2017.
ArtistinResidency,WhereEarthMeetsTheSky,PangeaWorldTheatre,MinnesotaMN,Aug2016
Playwright,WhereEarthMeetsTheSky,TeatroEnFuga:AFesitvalofNewWorks,DallasTX,Feb2016.
Actress,WhereEarthMeetsTheSky,TeatroEnFuga:AFesitvalofNewWorks,DallasTX,Feb2016.
Actress,blu,CaraMiaTheaterCompany,RenMoreno,DallasTX,Oct2015.

RadioandCommunityMedia

FeaturedTop20InfluentialCreativeintheDFW,ArtistUprisingPrintMagazine,Feb2017.

FeaturedGuest,KGPC969OaklandRadio,Oakland,CA.June2016.

FeaturedGuest,RDSRadio88.9,ElCamaroteDelCapitn,Tegucigalpa,Honduras.May2016.

GuestPoet,NuestraVozRadio,MexicoCity,Mexico.June2015.

Interviewee,FromTheHeart:Latinastalkabouttheimportanceofacceptance,GLAAD,Oct2015.

ParticipatingPoet,PoetsForFerguson24HourOnlineStream,Sept2014.

HostandProducer,TheFreeWord,DeepEllumonAir,Dallas,TX.July2013Jan2014.

CoProducer,JusticeTalkingforNationalPublicRadio,ThoughtsonAbstinenceOnlyEducation.
Washington,DC.Dec2007.

SpeakingEngagements

KeynoteSpeaker,WomensHerstoryMonth,OurLadyoftheLakeUniversity"ThisBridgeCalledMy
Heart."SanAntonio,TX.March2017.

GuestSpeaker,IndigenousDaySymposium,TexasChristianUniversity.FortWorth,TX.Oct2016
KeynoteSpeaker,UniversityofNorthTexas,TheIntersectionsofArt&Activism:ReflectionsbyaQueer
WomanofColorPoet.Denton,TX.April2016.

KeynoteSpeaker,SunstoneBorderlands,UniversityofUtah"ThisBridgeCalledMyHeart."SaltLakeCity,
UT.March2016.

SpeakerTEDxTWU,TexasWomansUniversity,TheAlchemyofSurvival.Denton,TX.March2016.

GuestSpeaker,DepartmentofReligion,TexasChristianUniversity,ColonialTraumaintheIndigenous
LatinxDiaspora.FortWorth,TX.Nov2015.

GuestLecturer,U.S.WomanofColors,TexasWomansUniversity,ThePowerofCounterNarrative
ThroughArtandPerformance.Denton,TX.Nov2015.

Panelist,EmbreyHumanRightsProgram,SouthernMethodistUniversity,ExploringTheRootsofMigration,
Dallas,TX.Oct2015.

Speaker,NationalConsultationonHispanic/Latin@ministries,DukeUniversity,PoetryasPrayer.
Durham,NC.March2015.

Speaker,TEDxUrsuline,MoCA,SheSpeaks.Cleveland,OH.Oct2014.

Panelist,WomynMCsRedefiningGender,Sexuality,andSpirituality,UniversityofTexas,MyPoetic
JourneyontheMic.SanAntonio,TX.Nov2013.

Presenter,MujeresActivasenLetrasYCambioSocial,UniversityofCaliforniaSantaBarbara,Mothering
Queerness.SantaBarbara,CA.July2012.

Presenter,TWUStudentCreativeArtsandResearchSymposium,FacesofMySpokenWord:Storiesofa
QueerWomanofColor.Denton,Texas.Apr2012.

CommunityVolunteerWork

OrganizerandHost,LuchaDallasMonthlyQPOCOpenMic,DallasTX.March2017Present.

Translator,PonleRostroyNombreaL@sPresosPoliticos,BaatanCommunityCenter,DallasTX.July2016.

SteeringCommitteeMember,HumanRightsDallas,DallasTX.March2016.

CommunityEducationVolunteer,CaraMiaTheatreCompany,Dallas,TX.Sept2015Present.

CurriculumConsultant,WeOverMeFarm,PaulQuinnCollege,Dallas,TX.Aug2015.

AdmissionJudge,TheaterPerformance,BookerT.WashingtonHighSchool,Dallas,TX.Jan2015.

MentorandAdvisor,MovimientoUnidoEstudiantilVidaEterna,Denton,TX.Aug2014Present.
EventVolunteer,SalvadoreanAmericanFestival,CommunidesTransnacionalesSalvadoreasAmericanas
(COTSA).Washington,D.C.Aug2013.

CoFounder,WomanOfColor(s)Caucus,TexasWomensUniversity,DentonTX.Feb2012.

Interpreter,MontgomeryCountySisterCityDelegation,GuatajiaguaMorazan,
ElSalvador/SilverSpring,MD.Sept2011.

Publications

Chilom,Edyka."IAmStillAlive:AnEssayonLatinxPoetics."AnAnthologyonLatino/aPoetics.Comp.
RubenQuesada.UofNewMexico,2018.Print.(inprogress)

Chilom,Edyka."TheAlchemyofSurvival."WomenReligionRevolution.Ed.XochitlAlvizoandGina
MessinaDysert.JournalofFeministStudiesinReligion,2017.Print.(inprogress)

GranadosDeLaRosa,Erica."WhatHasRemained:TheTestimonyofaMujerMestiza."FaithfullyFeminist:
Jewish,Christian,&MuslimFeministsonWhyWeStay.Ed.GinaMessinaDysert,JenniferZobair,and
AmyLevin.Vol.1.WhiteCloud,2015.10208.Print.ISpeakForMyself.

Chilom,Edyka.SheSpeaks|Poetry.WoundedHealersProduction,2015.Print.

GranadosDeLaRosa,Erica."CasaCoatlicue."FeminismandReligion.ClaremontGraduateUniversity,14
Oct.2014.Web.

GranadosDeLaRosa,Erica."TheWomenAreGatheringinNepantla."Kaleidoscope:AJournalforWomen
ofColorbyWomenofColor1,LoyolaUniversityChicago,2014.Print.

GranadosDeLaRosa,Erica."OurSpokenWord:PoetryforSelfandCommunity."TransformationNow!
towardaPostoppositionalPoliticsofChange.ByAnaLouiseKeating.Chicago:UofIllinois,
2013.20307.Print.

GranadosDeLaRosa,Erica."InTheGrey."BROADMagazine.Ed.KatieKlingel.Women'sStudiesand
GenderStudiesProgramatLoyolaUniversityChicago,2013.Web.

GranadosDeLaRosa,Erica."Meztli."BROADMagazine.Ed.KatieKlingel.Women'sStudiesandGender
StudiesProgramatLoyolaUniversityChicago,2013.Web.

GranadosDeLaRosa,Erica."FacesofMySpokenWord:StoriesofaQueerWomanofColor."ThePrindle
InstituteforEthics.DepauwUniversity,May2011.Web.