Experiential Education as Social Justice Methodology 

Daniel Bryan

Daniel Bryan is an educator, activist and artist, Daniel specializes in the use of participatory theatre as a means of education and conflict transformation. Originally from the United States, he has lived in Ecuador for 20 years. He is Pachaysana’s co-founder and Director and a regular lecturer and scholar/artist in residence at colleges in the US, most recently with Juniata College, American University and Brandeis University. He holds an MA in Education from the University of Tulsa and an MFA in Theatre from UCLA

Chelsea Viteri

Chelsea Viteri is an activist, educator, youth worker, and artist at heart, Chelsea was born and raised in Quito, Ecuador. She completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at Clark University in Theater Arts and Community Development and Planning. She has worked with diverse communities in both Ecuador and the United States, utilizing theatre, music, poetry and Hip-Hop as a means for collective empowerment and creative conflict transformation. She is the Resident Director of Pachaysana’s “Rehearsing Change” study abroad program.

Daniel Acosta

Daniel Acosta is a community activist and defender of Mother Earth, Daniel works on education projects that help youth and families develop a closer relationship with the land. He is from the rural Andean community of Pintag where he works on projects that link agroecology, the arts and liberation pedagogy. He is currently leading a local seed bank project that links collective identity to cultivating and exchanging seeds. He is Pachaysana’s Community Coordinator and has a BA in Communication from the Universidad Cristiana Latinoamericana.

Belen Noroña

Belen Noroña was born and raised in Quito, Ecuador and one of Pachaysana’s co-founders, Belen is a scholar, activist, and educator with over ten years of experience working with rural and indigenous communities in social development and educational projects in Ecuador. She has a Ph.D. in Human Geography from the University of Oregon and has taught for Beloit College and the San Francisco University in Quito. She is currently developing methodologies in non-formal education as part of a Mellon Foundation grant.

Grace Logan

Grace Logan is an alum of American University’s School of International Service, Grace participated in Pachaysana’s Rehearsing Change program in 2017. After graduating, she became Pachaysana’s Fellow for the last two years, during which time she has co-coordinated community-based education programs, Participatory Action Research projects and led Pachaysana’s international outreach department.