Christen Sperry García is Associate Professor in the Department of Art Education at Florida State University, USA. From the San Diego/Tijuana border, García's work is informed by borderlands, Chicane, and Latine theories. She is co-founder of the Nationwide Museum Mascot Project that has performed at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Lima, Peru; Museo Jumex, Mexico City; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; and Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia. García has published in peer-reviewed journals including Art Education, The Drama Review, and Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy. She is co-editor of the book BIPOC Alliances: Building Community and Curricula (2023). Leslie C. Sotomayor II is a first-generation writer, artist, curator, and McNair scholar. She received her dual PhD from Penn State in Art Education and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies. She centers intersectional Latine feminist themes in her work including Teaching In/Between: Curating Educational spaces Through Autohistoria-teoría and Conocimiento (2022), BIPOC Alliances: Building Communities and Curricula (2023), Nepantla & Feminist Art Education: Theorizing the In/Between (Latina/ x/ o) (2023), and My Ancestors in My Studio: Researching My Taíno Roots (2023). She is a Frederick Douglas Institute (FDI) Scholar and Assistant Professor of Art Education at Kutztown University, USA.
