Meet the Facilitators
"They know their subject personally
and communicate with sensitivity and humility."
-Workshop Participant
Caprice D. Hollins,
Psy.D. is a co-founder of
Cultures Connecting and a licensed clinical psychologist. She
received
her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Seattle University and her
doctorate at Alliant International University—Los Angeles campus, with
an emphasis in multicultural and community psychology. She has
over 15 years of experience providing mental health services,
facilitating workshops and teaching graduate courses as an adjunct
professor at several local universities including Seattle Pacific
University, Antioch University, University of Washington and Mars Hill
Graduate School.
She joined Seattle Public
Schools
as the first Director of Equity and Race Relations where she supported
the educational mission of the District to dismantle institutional
racism. Her role included providing guidance and resources to
district administrators and staff, facilitating culturally relevant
professional development to promote the cultural competence of staff,
review of School Board policy to ensure equity, promoting best
practices around family and community engagement, and screening
curriculum for anti bias and multicultural content. Read more about Dr. Hollins.
Ilsa Govan, M.A. is a co-founder of Cultures
Connecting. She has more than fifteen years of experience
as a classroom teacher and anti-racist community activist. She
began
her work for social and environmental justice in high school with her
involvement in advocating for Native American rights. Since then
she
has facilitated, organized and participated in numerous study circles
and
conferences. Ilsa also worked as an Equity and Race Specialist for
Seattle Public Schools, addressing institutional racism in a large
organization. She currently co-coordinates the group WEACT
(The Work of European Americans as Cultural Teachers), which encourages
white educators to challenge and support each other with cross-cultural
interactions.
Ilsa
earned her Bachelor's Degree in
Special
Education from Western Washington University and her Master's Degree in
Bicultural Human Development from Pacific Oaks College Northwest. For
her thesis, she spent a year studying effective European American
teachers of African American students in three Seattle elementary
schools. Learn more about Ilsa.
Anita Garcia Morales
received her BA and Teaching
Degree from the
University of Washington. She taught in Seattle Public Schools
for
over 20 years and is currently the K-12 Social Studies Coach and
Project Director for a Teaching American History Grant. The
common
thread that runs through all that Anita does is her focus on social
justice and equity. In her classroom, Anita honored the gifts
children
brought and created a safe and nurturing environment that allowed
children to take risks, make mistakes and learn. She is skilled
at
creating safe and trustworthy spaces for people to reflect on why they
came to do the work they do with children and families and how to tap
their inner resources to continue to do the hard work that is needed
for our children.