Pittsburg, CA · Est. 2025
Research rooted. Community built.
Advancing research, consulting, and community infrastructure that centers Black students and educators in the age of AI — starting in Pittsburg, CA, and building outward from there.
The Founder
I am a researcher, educator, and consultant who has spent over a decade inside the American education system — and I founded EduBlck Institute because I know exactly what it costs when that system fails Black children.
I was born in Puerto Rico and raised knowing what it means to move through America in a Black body. I have carried that reality into every classroom I have ever stood in. I have watched affluent parents lobby against bussed-in ELL kids to protect their property values. I have been underpaid as a high-needs math teacher while a qualified Black administrator was passed over for a leadership role she earned. I have watched technology get pushed into under-resourced classrooms with no training, no support, and no consideration for the students sitting in front of it.
I left every institution that underestimated me. And I built something instead.
With a BA in mathematics, an MBA focused in marketing, strategy, and AI-influenced branding, and ten years of direct classroom and curriculum experience across Florida, Oakland, and San Francisco — I sit at an intersection most researchers don't occupy. I am not studying the Black community from the outside. I am building infrastructure from within it.
This is not charity. This is architecture.
Research
This is a living record of the literature informing EduBlck Institute's research. These texts ground our work in existing scholarship while we identify the gaps — particularly around AI, education, and the Black community experience.
Book · In Review
A foundational text examining how American education has historically disconnected Black students from their own culture — and the community cost of that disconnection.
Framework · Active Study
The framework underpinning how EduBlck Institute approaches curriculum design — centering cultural identity as an asset, not an obstacle to learning.
Emerging Literature · Current
Growing research on how AI tools are being deployed in under-resourced schools — and who bears the cost of inadequate implementation and missing teacher training.
Methodology · Core
The research methodology guiding EduBlck Institute's community work — ensuring that those most affected by AI in education are active participants in the research, not just subjects of it.
Community Research
EduBlck Institute is conducting community-based research in Pittsburg, CA exploring how AI is reshaping education for Black students and educators. Your experience is not a data point — it is the foundation.
Are you a current or former educator? Share your direct experience with how technology and AI tools have been introduced in your school — and who was left out of that conversation.
Survey Coming SoonAre you a parent, student, or community member in the Pittsburg, CA area? Tell us how AI in education is showing up — or not showing up — in your daily experience.
Survey Coming SoonAre you an educator, school leader, or community organization interested in partnering with EduBlck Institute on formal research? Let's talk about what that looks like.
Get in TouchWork With Me
A decade in classrooms, curriculum labs, and school systems across three states gave me knowledge that institutions repeatedly refused to compensate fairly. EduBlck Institute exists, in part, to change that — on my terms.
I work with school districts, charter networks, ed-tech organizations, and community groups who need someone who understands both the research and the reality on the ground. I don't study these environments from the outside — I built my career inside them.
Whether you're a district looking for professional development, an organization building equitable ed-tech, or a community partner — reach out directly. No intermediaries.
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