Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales

Dr. Tintiangco-Cubales was born and raised on Ohlone land with parents who were immigrants from the Philippines--womb (Batangas) and seed (Tarlac).  She is a distinguished professor in the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University. Since 2000, she’s been teaching Ethnic Studies courses focusing on Women of Color Studies,  Asian American Studies, Filipina/x/o (American) Studies, critical pedagogy, and ARTivism. She is also an affiliated faculty member in the Educational Leadership. She is currently the director of curriculum for UCLA’s Foundations and Futures: Asian American and Pacific Islander Multimedia Textbook. In 2024, she was honored with the Wang Family Award,  one of the most prestigious honors faculty can receive in the California State University (CSU) system for her teaching, service, and scholarship. Also, in 2024, she became an American Educational Research Association Fellow.  She was also featured in this year's Asian Women Are Strong event. And just yesterday, she received the announcement that she is being honored with the Association of Asian American Studies Mentorship award.

She has mentored hundreds of critical undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students who are now teaching and working in schools, colleges, and community organizations across the nation. Prior to her position at SFSU, she did her undergraduate work at UC Berkeley in Ethnic Studies and received her Ph.D. from UCLA in Education.  In 2001, she founded Pin@y Educational Partnerships (PEP), a “barangay” that provides Ethnic Studies courses and curriculum, develops radical educators, and creates resources for Filipina/x/o communities and similarly marginalized people. She has worked with many educators, schools, and school districts throughout the nation to co-develop curriculum and frameworks that center pedagogies rooted in Ethnic Studies, social justice, wellness, artivism, praxis, solidarity, and humanization.  She is also the co-founder and director of Community Responsive Education (CRE), a national firm that supports the development of responsive, equitable, and justice-driven educators. Dr. Tintiangco-Cubales is also a producer for Larry the Musical and the Art of Work Film, both premiering in 2024. She is the author of many books, articles, and essays focused on the applications of critical pedagogy, the Ethnic Studies curriculum, Motherscholarship, and Pinayism. She has also served as an editor for several anthologies and journals such as At 40: Asian American Studies, the Journal of Asian American Studies, Asian American and Pacific Islander Nexus, and co-editor for the Sage Encyclopedia of Filipina/x/o American Studies.