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Dr. Casey Quirarte
Leadership, Education & Advocacy
Passionate, highly-trained professional with extensive expertise in education design, organizational leadership, and trauma-informed teaching.
Nonprofit Leadership Certificate, Nonprofit Financial Success
Cornell University (2025) Doctor of Education Degree, Educational Leadership for Social Justice Loyola Marymount University (2014) Master of Education Degree, Secondary Education Loyola Marymount University (2011) Bachelor of Arts Degree, Intercultural Communication California State University, Long Beach (2006) |
ABOUT
As a doctoral student, Casey received the highest accolades for outstanding research in the field of educational equity by the Myra Sadker foundation. At the time, her research focused on peer aggression in adolescence through the lens of curriculum development, social emotional learning, and policy in schools. From her earliest years as a classroom teacher, Casey was profoundly inspired by the work of Paolo Freire and more contemporary critical theorists. She researched the societal paradigms of heteronormativity, power, race, and class, and analyzed how systems of inequity are replicated intentionally and through hidden curricula in school environments.
During those years as a young educator, Casey poured her heart and soul into this work, speaking at conferences and community events, spending hours and hours with middle school girls and their parents, and facilitating professional development to lean into hard conversations about inclusion and diversity in schools during a time when this was not widely being done.
Casey has spent over 18 years in middle and secondary school education and administration. In more recent years, Casey has expanded the scope of her work to focus on childhood and intergenerational trauma and trauma-informed teaching. Casey came to this work during her yoga teacher training, and this has evolved into both her passion and area of expertise. Trauma-informed pedagogy is deeply personal to her on may levels, and she was invited to speak at the National Association of Independent Schools Annual Conference in 2021 to share her most recent findings and research. Presently, Casey is available to visit schools and organizations either in-person or via Zoom to facilitate more intimate conversations about trauma-informed practices within organizations. Please use the contact form for more information.
As a doctoral student, Casey received the highest accolades for outstanding research in the field of educational equity by the Myra Sadker foundation. At the time, her research focused on peer aggression in adolescence through the lens of curriculum development, social emotional learning, and policy in schools. From her earliest years as a classroom teacher, Casey was profoundly inspired by the work of Paolo Freire and more contemporary critical theorists. She researched the societal paradigms of heteronormativity, power, race, and class, and analyzed how systems of inequity are replicated intentionally and through hidden curricula in school environments.
During those years as a young educator, Casey poured her heart and soul into this work, speaking at conferences and community events, spending hours and hours with middle school girls and their parents, and facilitating professional development to lean into hard conversations about inclusion and diversity in schools during a time when this was not widely being done.
Casey has spent over 18 years in middle and secondary school education and administration. In more recent years, Casey has expanded the scope of her work to focus on childhood and intergenerational trauma and trauma-informed teaching. Casey came to this work during her yoga teacher training, and this has evolved into both her passion and area of expertise. Trauma-informed pedagogy is deeply personal to her on may levels, and she was invited to speak at the National Association of Independent Schools Annual Conference in 2021 to share her most recent findings and research. Presently, Casey is available to visit schools and organizations either in-person or via Zoom to facilitate more intimate conversations about trauma-informed practices within organizations. Please use the contact form for more information.
Kind notes from wonderful folks.
"You are seriously our kid's first experience with decolonized curriculum..."
"Liberatory. Emancipatory. Revolutionary."
"You make such a difference."
Interesting Tidbit:
In 2009, as a Fulbright scholar in the Kingdom of Morocco,
Casey studied Arabic and conducted research
on the emancipatory practice
of women's folk stories in Arabic North Africa.
Photo by: LoveTrafficker
