Meet the CASA Staff
A team of dedicated individuals whose mission is to advance critical analysis and community partnerships around the most pressing issues in the Inland Empire.
About Us
Critical Action & Social Advocacy (CASA) ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ advances critical analysis and community partnerships around the most pressing issues in the Inland Empire.
The CASA ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ space brings local residents, organizers, activists, artists, and nonprofits together with ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ faculty and students to build community and enact change.
The CASA ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ academic program facilitates student research fellowships and community-based participatory research on issues of regional equity and justice pertaining to incarceration, immigration, education, environment, labor, art, culture, and health.
CASA ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Staff
Tessa Hicks Peterson
- Director of Critical Action+ Social Advocacy (CASA); Interim Director of the Justice Education Center
- Assistant Vice President, Community Engagement
- Professor of Urban Studies
Jenessa Flores Parker
- Assistant Director of Critical Action + Social Advocacy (CASA); ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Preschool Pals Program Director
Paula Venegas Alvarez
- CASA Administrative Assistant