Maxochitl Cortez is a queer Indigenous Resistance Artist, Educator, & Community Organizer - they use storytelling as a pathway for collective liberation.

COALITION ORGANIZER • NARRATIVE STRATEGIST

Self Employed community organizer, artist, and content creator with over 5 years of experience working directly with local/national groups and Indigenous communities and non-profits, delivering programs that deepen relationships and promote collaborative social justice organizing efforts.

Skilled in utilizing social media as an organizing tool for calls to action and fostering strategic collaboration for the advancement of intersectional decolonization including Indigenous rights, environmental justice, gender justice, and immigrant rights. Strength in using art as a pathway to creative resistance, focus areas being in storytelling, art gallery fundraisers, and screenwriting. 

I am available for contracted positions to support organizations social justice work. As a community-based artist and organizer, I have worked with BLIS Collective, Indigenous Cultures Institute, Austin Sanctuary Network, the Native American Cultural Center, American Indians in Texas (AITSCM), TXStudents4DEI, Ethnic Studies Network of TX, the University of Texas at Austin, Land Justice Community School, Ecology Action, and Voices Against Violence, among others. I earned a BSA from the College of Natural Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin. I am certified in Native American and Indigenous Studies from the Department of Native American and Indigenous Studies at the College of Liberal Arts.

SOCIAL IMPACT CONSULTANT

I have developed and delivered impactful trainings and speaking engagements for corporations, universities, schools and grassroots organizations, focusing on decolonization, immigrant rights, gender justice, environmental justice, and Native issues, reaching diverse audiences across international & regional sectors. Fostering significant cultural shifts through community organizing and storytelling, enhancing cross-cultural collaboration and growing an engaged social media platform to 15k followers, deepening engagement.

I offer consulting services in the form of workshops, trainings, talks, 1:1 coaching, and presentations. Workshops and trainings are interactive, participatory, and arts-integrated. I also offer train-the-trainer models, curriculum writing, social media consulting, and educational consulting.

All consulting services can be curated to the needs of each person or group.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE 

Content Creation | Narrative + Culture Change | Coalition Building | Community Engagement | Program Development | Collaborative Leadership | Training + Facilitation | Project Management | Strategic Planning | Fundraising + Mutual Aid | Grassroots Organizing | Data Analysis