For my artist spotlight, I aim to present and research Roxana Dueñas, who is not only a fabulous artist vital to social justice in recent times, she is currently recognized in the Smithsonian's "Printing the Revolution!" exhibition for her printmaking. She is a UC Santa Barbara and UCLA alum and works in Boyle Heights as an inspirational and uplifting Ethnic Studies teacher at Math, Science, and Technology Magnet Academy at Roosevelt High School. She teaches her students the importance of community activism, self advocacy, education justice, and for this she was also awarded the UCLA Award for Community Service. Her face is most notable in the most recent LAUSD teacher strikes as seen below:
https://boyleheightsbeat.com/inspiring-boyle-heights-teacher-gets-her-inspiration-from-students/
This is thee source by which I received a lot of initial information about her!
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