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.
ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Us
Critical Action & Social Advocacy (CASA) ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ advances critical analysis and community partnerships around the most pressing issues in the Inland Empire.
The CASA ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ space brings local residents, organizers, activists, artists, and nonprofits together with ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ faculty and students to build community and enact change.
The CASA ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ 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); ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Preschool Pals Program Director
Paula Venegas Alvarez
- CASA Administrative Assistant