Pittsburg, CA · Est. 2025
Research rooted. Community built.
Advancing research, consulting, and community infrastructure that centers Black students and educators in the age of AI — starting in Pittsburg, CA, and building outward from there.
The Founder
I am a researcher, educator, and consultant who has spent over a decade inside the American education system — and I founded EduBlck Institute because I know exactly what it costs when that system fails Black children.
I was born in Puerto Rico and raised knowing what it means to move through America in a Black body. I have carried that reality into every classroom I have ever stood in. I have watched affluent parents lobby against bussed-in ELL kids to protect their property values. I have been underpaid as a high-needs math teacher while a qualified Black administrator was passed over for a leadership role she earned. I have watched technology get pushed into under-resourced classrooms with no training, no support, and no consideration for the students sitting in front of it.
I left every institution that underestimated me. And I built something instead.
With a BA in mathematics, an MBA focused in marketing, strategy, and AI-influenced branding, and ten years of direct classroom and curriculum experience across Florida, Oakland, and San Francisco — I sit at an intersection most researchers don't occupy. I am not studying the Black community from the outside. I am building infrastructure from within it.
This is not charity. This is architecture.
Research
EduBlck Institute is building a working literature review on AI, education, and the Black community — focused on grades 5–9. This is a living document, updated as the research develops. Below are the five themes organizing the work.
Theme 01 · Active
AI tools carry racial bias because they reflect the blind spots of their designers. The tech industry is 92.6% non-Black — and the tools being built for Black students are rarely built by people who understand their experience.
Theme 02 · Active
72% of White teens have heard of ChatGPT vs. 56% of Black teens. The awareness gap begins at home — before any teacher deploys a tool. In Pittsburg, CA, broadband equity is a live community issue.
Theme 03 · Active
As of fall 2024, only 47% of teachers received any AI training — typically a one-time event. Black students receive tools not designed for them, deployed by teachers not trained to use them.
Theme 04 · Active
Only 39.3% of 8th graders in majority-Black schools met grade-level reading standards in 2025. In math — this researcher's subject — students remain up to 14 points below pre-pandemic levels.
Theme 05 · Core Framework
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Community-Based Participatory Research, and Carter G. Woodson's foundational work ground every methodological decision EduBlck Institute makes.
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Read the complete literature review including full citations, researcher notes, the reading list, and the research gap analysis.
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EduBlck Institute is conducting community-based research in Pittsburg, CA exploring how AI is reshaping education for Black students and educators. Your experience is not a data point — it is the foundation.
Are you a current or former educator? Share your direct experience with how technology and AI tools have been introduced in your school — and who was left out of that conversation.
Survey Coming SoonAre you a parent, student, or community member in the Pittsburg, CA area? Tell us how AI in education is showing up — or not showing up — in your daily experience.
Survey Coming SoonAre you an educator, school leader, or community organization interested in partnering with EduBlck Institute on formal research? Let's talk about what that looks like.
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A decade in classrooms, curriculum labs, and school systems across three states gave me knowledge that institutions repeatedly refused to compensate fairly. EduBlck Institute exists, in part, to change that — on my terms.
I work with school districts, charter networks, ed-tech organizations, and community groups who need someone who understands both the research and the reality on the ground. I don't study these environments from the outside — I built my career inside them.
Whether you're a district looking for professional development, an organization building equitable ed-tech, or a community partner — reach out directly. No intermediaries.
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