Vanessa Gutiérrez is a CPS alumna and Research Analyst II who contributes her qualitative skills and background to capture and highlight the experiences and perspectives of participants in mix-method research projects. She also works directly with the Director of Engagement and Partnerships on family engagement efforts including Evidence to Action workshops and the Family Playbook series. From the Purépecha diaspora, which is one of the many indigenous groups in Mexico, she has used her culture and family as a source of knowledge and inspiration. She is deeply interested in how our systems and institutions have constructed racial-cultural inequities and how these systems and institutions continue to reproduce, perpetuate, and sustain this inequity. She is also interested in how historically marginalized communities and people resist, heal, and thrive in the U.S. and all over the world.
