Rosa Angela Calosso (she/her/ella) is a doctoral candidate in the Urban Education program at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her upbringing informed a strong understanding of immigration issues, Blackness, and gendered politics, leading her to be part of a couple of immigrant-centered projects. In the last four years, she has served as a participatory action researcher in immigrant communities in the Bronx, facilitating information sessions for teacher educators and candidates on incorporating immigration-related topics into the classroom. Most recently, she has co-curated an immigration literature guide for PK-12 students, highlighting the transformative power of stories centered on immigration. Additionally, she supports teacher education faculty and programs that instill computer and digital literacy praxis and tools through projects such as CUNY Computing Integrated Teacher Education (CUNY-CITE). Rosa’s dissertation research examines how Black Dominican women utilize social media as a tool for community building, educational space, and critical reflection and resistance. Rosa’s work highlights Black Dominican women’s ability to teach, cultivate community, and resist institutional ‘isms in an age when mainstream media uses social media users’ content to discuss global political discourses and explicate sociopolitical events.
