ABOUT
I am Dr. Christina M. Castro
Taos Pueblo/Jemez Pueblo/Xicana
Dr. Christina M. Castro was born in Southern California into a family who participated in the Indian Relocation program; a federal policy enacted in the 1950’s to assimilate Native people into the dominant culture by moving them into urban centers under the guise of vocational training. She currently resides in O’ga P’ogeh, Santa Fe, NM within her traditional Pueblo territory. Dr. Castro is a mother, writer, scholar, educator, community organizer, multidimensional artist, public speaker and more. She co-founded the Three Sisters Collective in 2017, a Pueblo/Indigenous women-led grassroots organization devoted to the rematriation and restoration of Indigenous lifeways. She received her Doctorate from the Pueblo PhD Program at Arizona State University’s School of Social Transformation and Justice Studies in 2018 and is an independent consultant with Castro Consulting, LLC.
EDUCATION
PhD in Philosophy, Arizona State University, School of Social Transformation & Justice Studies, 2018 - Dissertation: An Exploration of Three Generations of a Jemez Pueblo Family Impacted by Federal Indian Relocation Policy: Identity, Indigeneity and Notions of Belonging
Master of Secondary Education, Cameron University, Lawton, OK 2003
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, University of Arizona, 2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Creative Writing, Minor in Women’s Studies, University of New Mexico, 1997
