MEET ELOISA AGUIRRE

Pronouns: they/she | elle/ella

who believes in holistic learning, critical-thought-driven research and liberatory education.

Current Projects

While I prepare to start my Master's degree program I am currently bussing tables, organizing my community with mutual aid groups, writing on my blog and working on these two amazing projects:

2023 INAUGURAL BELL HOOKS SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATION

June 16th - 18th, 2023

REVIEWER AND TRANSLATOR FOR LÁPIZ -

JOURNAL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION SOCIETY

Until 2023 Issue#8 Publication

ACADEMIC CV

CONVENTIONAL EXPERIENCE

GRADUATE STUDENT

University of Washington's College of Education
Social and Cultural Foundations program

Autum 2023 - Spring 2025

CONTRACTED WORKSHOP FACILITATOR FOR EDUCATORS

Fall 2023-Present

School’s Out Washington
• Built Curricula in English and translated into Spanish.
• Facilitated two-hour-workshops on Intersectionality for Spanish-speaking caregivers.

Contracted Teaching Artist: Robotics

Fall 2023

Coyote Central
• Self-taught electronics with Arduino starter kit at home.
• Designed and build curricula for a seven-week robotics course.
• Taught robotics to nine young learners of ages ranging from 9-14 years old.

Graduate Student Research Assistant

Summer 2023

University of Washington’s Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities
• Trained on Multilingual Translationships and Digital Storytelling with Local Communities project.
• Simultaneously Interpretated from English to Spanish during the three workshops
• Facilitated podcast conversations with Spanish-speaking immigrants and translated for them

CONTRACTED ENRICHMENT INSTRUCTOR

Summer 2022

WA-BLOC: Freedom Schools Summer Program
Enrichment is an important component of the Freedom Schools program as it provides youth with an opportunity to explore their interests outside of a typical classroom setting. I am currently building and teaching curricula based on art and activist. I teach scholars that are split into grade levels (K-2nd grade and 3-5th grade scholars) about the revolutionary power of art and how to practice art as activism for the betterment of our community.

LEAD TECH EDUCATOR

November 2020 - December 2021

Geeking Out Kids of Color is a nonprofit organization that serves Black, Indigenous, and young People of Color through computer science and social justice education. As Lead Instructor of the ten-month long Robotics program, I developed a pedagogical blueprint as I built the entire curriculum myself. As we launched this project, I took over other responsibilities aside from curriculum building and teaching. Such responsibilities included in-person recruiting at Washington Middle School and Chief Sealth High School, onboarding and training two of my Teaching Assistants, coordinating robot part deliveries with parents and school administrators.

ALAIN LOCKE FELLOW AT MIT

Summer 2021

Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute (PIKSI) is designed to encourage undergraduates from groups traditionally underrepresented in philosophy to consider future study of philosophy.
As a fellow, I attended and participated in the daily program presentations and built connections with Philosophy professors all over the nation and shared curricula for feedback.

HR COORDINATOR AND CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AT
A-STAR HEAT & AIR

January 2020 - October 2020

Worked directly with the office manager to handle employee relations and develop their new Human Resource department. As head of HR I created and distributed their new Employee Handbook. After graduating with BBA in Human Recourse management, I moved to the CSR department where I attended our Customer Service call center, became a Technician Dispatcher, and worked with Sales department offering memberships and other services to our customers.

BBA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS

Obtained Bachelor of Business Administration in
Human Resource Management.

August 2016 - May 2020

CO-FOUNDER OF PHILOSOPHY CIRCLE

May 2018 - June 2020

The Philosophy Circle was a two-year personal project that sought to make Philosophy accessible for unhoused folks at The Bridge Homeless Center in Dallas. This project allowed me to work mainly with Black and immigrant adults that were in and out of the prison system, which profoundly radicalized me. We were successfully funded by the Wordsfold Grant which allowed us to bring beverage and snacks to our discussions and buy books for all of our participants.

CO-FOUNDER OF UNDERGRAD PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS

Spring 2020

Undergraduate Philosophy Conference at the University of Texas at Dallas was a personal project that allowed students to prepare and present their philosophical work to faculty from the Philosophy Department. Coordinating this virtual conference at the beginning of the pandemic helped me realize how important and feasible it is to build something from scratch with the help of your own academic community.

PRESIDENT OF PHILOSOPHY CLUB AT UTD

Fall 2018 - Summer 2019

As a Sophomore and new officer of the club I attended training meetings held by the Student Organization Center, reserved rooms for the club meetings, and lead philosophical discussions over race, language, ethics, and more. A year later, I became the club's first female president and established new traditions like bringing all Philosophy Professors to our meetings and having social gatherings each week. During my presidency our membership numbers increased by at least 30% and reminded that way throughout the academic year.

Languages: Spanish (Native Language) | Eligibility: Independent Contractor

PUBLISHED WORK

March 2022

WE DEMAND!

My political comic strip was published in the "radically intersectional & decolonial Xicana Feminist Publication", Muchacha Fanzine. I am very proud of this publication because reading preview issues of this zine was what empowered me to speak up against oppressive practices in the workplace. My digitally created comic strip was featured in their "Reclaiming Feminism" issue on March 8th of 2021, as a commemoration of International Women's Day.

December, 2019

COOL BEING

My most sincere poem about loving without gender constraints, Cool Being, was published in Xone Free's very first issue. Xone Free is a handcrafted, love-driven zine designed and curated by Queer and Trans People of Color. It has been an honor to be part of the beginning of such powerful and inclusive project. This first issue was published in hopes of creating a safe community for Queer and Trans students of color at the University of Texas at Dallas. This zine is now expanding to a state-wide scope and continues to be part of my own community.

Art Portfolio

UNCONVENTIONAL EXPERIENCE

Unpaid Education Experience and Audited Philosophy Courses

As an underrepresented student, my academic experience relies on unpaid job positions and uncredited university courses. This being because work permits and scholarships are not usually granted to students in my situation.

Course by Dr. Lone
University of Washington
Spring 2022