Ph. D Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education
University of Nevada, Reno
M.A.Ed Curriculum and Instruction
Urban Teacher Residency Program
California State University Dominguez Hills
B.A. Global and International Studies: Cultural Ideologies of South/East Asia
University of California, Santa Barbara
B.A. Art Studio
University of California, Santa Barbara
Jet Eye Vision LLC is dedicated to transforming education through culturally responsive consulting, innovative media, and holistic wellness. We empower educators, students, and communities by blending STEM/STEAM pedagogy, visual arts, and multilingual communication with equity-centered practices. Rooted in a deep commitment to high-need and historically underserved populations, we design experiences that uplift critical thinking, creativity, and lifelong learning for a just and inspired future.
Learning mathematics with culture shares knowledge of environmental protection and social organization, and teaches the humanity involved in caring for Mother Earth.
STEM/STEAM education for sustainable design is vital because we only have one planet.
People who surf understand the concepts of a rate of change, speed, velocity, acceleration, and that they are tangent to a curve in motion that defines their position at any given moment in time.
Learning a rate of change is the same math from fractions to calculus!
(Black Surfer: "Buttons" Montgomery Kaluhiokalani from the Kingdom of Hawai'i)
Ethnomathematics Today is comprised of research, journalism, lessons, and curricula for sustainable design to advance mathematics education that is empowering, interdisciplinary, and focused on the indigenous knowledge and expertise that have stewarded our planet for thousands of years, given the crises we face today with the care for Mother Earth and her children around the globe.
In music culture, rapping requires a fierce working memory to generate and conduct the lyrics stylistically, which is a highly cognitively demanding skill that produces a multivariable analysis for higher order thinking, and uses the regions of the brain needed to solve complex math problems.
Cognitive mechanisms play a vital role in Ethnomathematics!
(Artist: Aceyalone)
We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.