Get To Know Us
Mission
Quetzal Education Consulting supports institutions working to build a legacy of liberatory education with Black and Brown communities through anti-oppression consultation.
Vision
We ally with Black and Brown communities to decolonize education, reclaim our ancestral genius, and reimagine post-abolitionist spaces for families, students, and educators of Color.
Values
Expertise and Innovation
We have an established individual and collective history of innovative education. We call upon lived experiences and research to provide content that won’t be found anywhere else.
Disruption and Liberation
We’ve been effectively disrupting several forms of oppression in our careers as educators. We have learned how to assess, redistribute and disrupt power dynamics for the purposes of liberation.
Ancestral Genius & Wisdom
We remain aware of and connected to our ancestral legacy of genius. Our work honors the ancestral traditions and teachings of Black and Brown freedom fighters who have paved the way for us and future generations.
Ana Benderas
Director of ELA and Humanities
Ana is a visionary educator celebrated for her innovation. As a formerly undocumented educator, organizer, and union leader, and with over 15 years of educational experience, Ana has impactfully championed critical resistance and liberation, co-creating liberatory spaces with students and critical educators of Color.
Ana’s work draws from ancestral wisdom; her mami, sister, and abuelita. As an innovator and creator, she has founded and directed new movements, organizations, community organizing efforts and businesses since she was 15 years old, when she co-founded her first non profit.
She has an a MA in Education and is the mami of a budding artist.
Dani Wadlington
Director of Mathematics Education
Dani Wadlington, originally from Chicago, is an award winning mathematician and teacher. Dani has been on a journey of co-creating spaces to spark self-actualization and social change for youth of Color. As an expert in mathematics education, Dani has a MA in Education, a MA in Educational Leadership, and a teaching & administration credential. She holds more than 15 years in the classroom and educational leadership. Her legacy has centered around organizing power structures to be accountable and do better by Black and Brown people, including union work that holds local historical significance.