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Alvarez, A., Teeters, L. P., Penuel, W. R., & Esteban-Guitart, M. (2023). Considerations to engage a funds of identity approach as a vehicle toward epistemic justice in educational settings. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 40, 100718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2023.100718 

Teeters, L. P., Shedro, M., Alvarez, A., Schultz, K., Gleason, E., Zigarelli, J. C. & Trejo, B., (2023). Circles de confianza: using multimodal testimonios to build culturally sustaining schools. Enthography and Education, 18:4, 356-375.  

Teeters, L. P., Trejo, B., Gleason, E., Zigarelli, J. C., Shedro, M., Alvarez, A., & Schultz, K. (2022). Circles de confianza: Promoting the well-being of Latine Youth via Multimodal Testimonio. Journal of Latinos and Education, 1–13.  &²Ô²ú²õ±è;

McKimmy, C., Teeters, L. P., Alvarez, A., Pacheco, J. E., Boeldt, D., Carol, E., Robledo Yamamoto, F., Shedro, M., Zigarelli, J. C., & Dimidjian, S. (2021). Nuestra Escuela, Nuestras Voces (Our School, Our Voices): Using Photovoice to Understand and Promote Compassion in Schools. In Journal of Latinos and Education (pp. 1–17). Informa UK Limited. doi: 10.1080/15348431.2021.1979556 

Alvarez, A. (Accepted). A Multilingual Multimodal Project-based Approach to Invite and Integrate Children’s Funds of Knowledge and Identity in Classroom Learning. Symposium. Early Language Learning and Multilingual Education in Early Childhood Conference. Granada, Spain. 

Alvarez, A. (Accepted). From Theory to Praxis: Engaging Multimodality, Agency, and Imagination within Funds of Knowledge and Identity Pedagogical Approaches in U.S. Classrooms. Symposium: Principles and Praxis to Engage a Funds of Knowledge Approach for Social Justice Purposes in International Contexts. Anthropology and Education International Conference, Royal Anthropological Institute. London, UK. 

Alvarez, A. (2022, December). Multimodality as a Pathway to Bilingual Learners’ Funds of Knowledge. Symposium session: Multimodal Literacies in Emergent Bilinguals: Beyond Print-Centric Practices. Literacy Research Association Annual Conference (LRA). Phoenix, AZ. â€‚         &²Ô²ú²õ±è; 

Alvarez, A. (2021, November). Ethnographic Fieldwork through Experiential Knowledge and Multimodal Projects with Young Latinx Children. Symposium session: Young Children of Color as Experts: Examples from Five Ethnographic Studies with Latinx and Indigenous Communities. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting (AAA). Baltimore, MD. 

Alvarez, A., Peña Teeters, L. & Shedro, M. (2021, November). Multimodal Testimonios of Trust and Distrust of Latinx Families in Schools. Symposium session: The Power of Comunidad: Building Solidarity A Lado de Families and Communities. National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). St. Louis, Missouri. 

Alvarez, A., Gleason, E., Peña Teeters, L., Shedro, M., Schultz, K. & Aranda, E. (2021, April). Relationships de Confianza: Trust and Distrust in Latinx Family-School Relationships. Paper session. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA). Virtual conference. 

Padilla-Chavez, A., Alvarez, A., Shedro, M. & Peña Teeters, L. (2022, April). The Multimodal Testimonios of 5th Graders: Co-designing with Teachers to Integrate Experiential Knowledge. Paper session. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA). San Diego, CA. 

Trejo, B., Peña Teeters, L., Zigarelli, J., Gleason, E., Shedro, M. & Alvarez, A. (2022, April). Circles de Confianza: Promoting the Well-being of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Youth via Multimodal Testimonio. Roundtable session. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA). San Diego, CA. &²Ô²ú²õ±è;

Alvarez, A. (November, 2023). Cultivating Equity by Affirming and Integrating Â鶹ÒùԺ’ Identities, Experiences, and Families in Classroom Learning. Content Area Special Interest Group Featured Presentation, Co-TESOL Fall Convention. Thornton, Colorado. 

Lozano, M., Weber, M., Alvarez, A. & Morales, I. (July, 2023). Lo que permanece. Encuentro Internacional sobre Movilidad Humana. Conversatorio: Todo lo que soy va conmigo. Dirección de Derechos Humanos de la Secretaría General de Gobierno del Estado de Nuevo León. Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. 

[What remains. International Meeting on Human Mobility. Symposium: Everything I am comes with me. Office for Human Rights, General Secretary of the Government of the State of Nuevo León. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.] 

Alvarez, A. (February, 2023) Cultivating Equity, Trust and a Sense of Belonging between Latinx Â鶹ÒùÔº and Families from Immigrant Backgrounds and Schools. School of Education and Human Development. Research Presentation: Research in Bilingual Schools and Communities. University of Colorado Denver. Denver, Colorado. 

 Alvarez, A. (December, 2022). Fortaleciendo la equidad educativa y colaboraciones entre las escuelas y familias migrantes en los Estados Unidos. Conferencia Magistral. Segundo Coloquio Internacional de Migración: Movilidades desbordadas en mundos desiguales Departamento de Estudios Culturales, Demográficos y Políticos, Universidad de Guanajuato. Guanajuato, México. 

 [Strengthening educational equity and partnerships between schools and migrant families in the United States. Keynote. Second International Symposium on Migration: Overflowed Mobilities in Unequal Worlds. Department of Cultural, Demographic and Political Studies, University of Guanajuato, University of Guanajuato. Guanajuato, Mexico.] 

Alvarez, A. (August, 2022). Issues of Trust and Distrust between Minoritized Families and Schools: How can schools and classrooms build and strengthen relationships of trust and belonging with diverse families? Research Seminar. School of Foreign Languages, Southeast University. Nanjing, China (Virtual). 

Alvarez, A. (2022, July). Cultivating Equity by Valuing and Integrating Â鶹ÒùԺ’ Identities, Experiences and Families in Classroom Learning. Equity Speaker Series, MANAUS and TACAW. Basalt, Colorado.   

Alvarez, A. (2022, April). Empowering BIPOC students' voices in the classroom: Preventing the erasure of students’ differing identities, histories and current realities. Symposium panel with Nancy Commins, Rebecca Linares and Kara Viesca. Conference on World Affairs. Boulder, CO. 

Alvarez, A. (October, 2021). Enlazando Fondos de Conocimiento a Fondos de Identidad a través de Proyectos Bilingües y Multimodales. Presentación del Monográfico "Fondos de Conocimiento para la Justicia Social." Revista Internacional de Educación para la Justicia Social y la Cátedra UNESCO en Educación para la Justicia social de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Madrid, Spain (Virtual). 

Alvarez, A. (2023). Multimodal Pedagogical Approaches to Center the Funds of Knowledge and Identity of Latinx/e Children from Immigrant Backgrounds in U.S. Classroom Settings. In Esteban-Guitart, M. (Ed.), Funds of Knowledge and Identity Pedagogies for Social Justice: International Perspectives and Praxis from Communities, Classrooms, and Curriculum (pp.165-179). Routledge. 

Alvarez, A. (2022). Multimodality as a Pathway to Bilingual Learners’ Funds of Knowledge. In L. Hao & S. Brown (Eds.), Multimodal Literacies in Young Emergent Bilinguals: Speaking Back to Print-Centric Practices (pp. 147-159). Multilingual Matters. 

Lozano, M., Morales, I., Weber, M. & Alvarez, A. (Upcoming May, 2024). What Remains. Arts Everywhere Festival. Guelph, Canada. 

Lozano, M., Weber, M. Alvarez, A. & Morales, I. (July, 2023). Lo que permanece. Encuentro Internacional sobre Movilidad Humana. Dirección de Derechos Humanos de la Secretaría General de Gobierno del Estado de Nuevo León. Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. 

[What remains. International Meeting on Human Mobility. Office for Human Rights, Secretary of the Government of the State of Nuevo León. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.] 

Lozano, M., Alvarez, A., Morales, I. & Weber, M. (January, 2023). What Remains. Arts Everywhere & Bloody Sunday Trust: One World One Struggle. Garden of Reflection Gallery. Derry, Northern Ireland, UK. 

Braiding and honoring migration dreams and stories

Fostering Trust & Inclusion in Education: The Power of Participatory Research & Storytelling

Peña Teeters, L., Esteban-Guitart, M., Penuel, W. & Alvarez, A. (2022). Funds of Identity: Artists’ Books. In Renée Crown Wellness Institute Participatory Toolkit: Build Trusted Teams, 1-6. Renée Crown Wellness Institute, University of Colorado Boulder.