Rebeca Cintrón-Loáisiga (she/her/ella) is a Boricua living in the diaspora. She is currently pursuing her master’s at NYU’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies with a concentration in Museum Studies; she holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Rutgers University. Her professional expertise includes anti-colonial education, facilitating decolonial cultural workshops, community engagement and organizing. Rebeca’s research interests include Afro-Latine, Indigenous, Mestizaje & Latinidad identities, Latin American migration, diasporic communities, cultural retention, and Latine cultural representation within museums and cultural institutions.

Project: Rebeca will work closely with the Education Department to support the development and reimagining of the Civic Practice Seminar, a temporarily dormant component of the Civic Practice Project.