Curriculum Advisors

Henrietta Gomez, Tribal elder/speaker
Henrietta is a living treasure in Taos serving as a cultural specialist for so many organizations and projects. She has a unique gift of sharing traditional knowledge while seeking new ways to create intercultural bridges of understanding and communication. Henrietta is a speaker for the BioSTEAM Youth Program and shares her personal experience and knowledge in our INTERview series.

Dr. Greg Cajete, author, native science advisor
Greg is an educator dedicated to honoring the foundations of indigenous knowledge in education. Dr. Cajete is a Tewa Indian from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. He has served as a New Mexico Humanities scholar in ethno botany of Northern New Mexico and as a member of the New Mexico Arts Commission. Dr. Cajete has authored five books including “Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence”. Greg is a speaker for the BioSTEAM Youth Program and shares his expertise about native science in our INTERview series.

Sheryl Romero, Cultural specialist /speaker
Sheryl advises on the cultural knowledge exchange for the BioSTEAM Youth Program and is a speaker for our public programs. Sheryl is a Taos Pueblo Tribal member, with a passion for reclaiming the agricultural heritage of Taos Pueblo and to restore its traditional food systems.

Tiana Suazo, Executive Director, Red Willow Farms
Tiana is Executive Director at Red Willow Farm at Taos Pueblo, whose mission is to reclaim the agricultural heritage of Taos Pueblo and to restore its traditional food systems. They incorporate ancient and modern sustainable farming practices, offer hands-on educational programs, and run the Red Willow Farmers Market. Tiana is a curriculum advisor and shares her knowledge about food sovereignty in our INTERview series.

Dr. Gladys Herrera-Gurule
Gladys is working in the Taos Municipal Schools as the District Family Engagement Coordinator. She has worked in the K-20+ spectrums and served in different teaching and administrative capacities in the public school, higher education systems, and the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) in her native country of Colombia and New Mexico. As a school teacher, instructional leader, and administrator, she worked closely with staff, students, and families from diverse backgrounds including: English Learners, Hispanic, Native American, Anglo, special education, low income, and homeless students and families. She has been actively engaged in working collaboratively local, state, national, and international agencies; and stakeholders to enhance services and resources to our student population.

Kaila Dicky, Teacher, Anansi Charter School
Kaila is a creative and innovative seventh and eighth grade math and science teacher at Anansi Charter School and also teaches at Upward Bound Math and Science in the summer. She has been implementing the STEMarts Curriculum Tools in her classroom since 2016 and is now advising on the BioSTEAM platform and curriculum interface.

Dr.Nicole Lloyd-Ronning, Astrophysicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Nicole is an astrophysicist at Los Alamos National Lab, where she studies the black holes created in the deaths of massive stars, and leads the outreach efforts on behalf of the Center for Theoretical Astrophysics. She is also on the faculty of the University of New Mexico, Los Alamos where she teaches physics. She is a science advisor and guest instructor in BioSTEAM projects.

Dr. Steven Goldfarb, physicist, ATLAS Experiment at CERN.
Steven is an experimental particle physicist working for the University of Melbourne on the ATLAS Experiment at CERN. He chairs the International Particle Physics Outreach Group, coordinates University of Michigan undergraduate research programs at CERN, serves on the QuarkNew Advisory Board, and is a fellow of the American Physical Society, serving on the Committee for Informing the Public. Steve frequently gives public talks on science, discovery and international collaboration, co-wrote a popular TED Ed video “The basics of the Higgs boson” and, most importantly, fronts the world-famous Canettes Blues Band. Steven has been an advisor for STEMarts Lab since 2013 and a key collaborator for the Projecting Particles project.