UTFA Faculty, students, and alums participated in the Indigenous Cultures Institute’s Indigenous Arts Summer Encounter. Roxanne Schroeder-Arce (UTFA Associate Dean) is a nonIndigenous member of the board of elders, who conducted research and provided feedback on arts pedagogy during the encounter. Jose Flores (Music Education Alumni), Andrew Aaron Valdez (Theatre Education Alumni), Juan Leyva (Theatre Education Alumni), and Oscar Franco (Theatre Education Alumni) served as staff members for the encounter. Recent Theatre Education graduates Yobany Pizano, Valeria Najera Zavala, Layla Villarreal, and current Theatre Education student Haylie Boyd worked as interns.
