Charlotte María Sáenz

Charlotte María Sáenz is an Associate Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies in the School of Undergraduate Studies, affiliated with Interdisciplinary Studies and Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion. Her research bridges creative inquiry, emancipatory feminisms, decolonizing processes, experimental community storytelling, Indigenous epistemologies, and medicinal gardens.

Education includes:

• Doctorate in Sciences of Ecology (ECOSUR)
• Certificate in Latin American Emancipatory Feminisms (CESMECA)
• MFA in Experimental Film and New Media (SAIC)
• Ed.M. in International Education for Social & Political Change (Harvard)
• B.A. in Art (Yale University)

Teaching focuses on decolonial frameworks across courses like Decolonizing Worldviews, Zapatismo, and Politics of Food, with fieldwork in Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Veracruz.

Awards and residencies include fellowships from Santa Fe Art Institute, Mesa Refuge, and CONACyT, recognizing contributions to decolonial education and transnational solidarity.