Digital Cajita: Leadership, Identity, and Cultural Reflection

This multimedia digital storytelling project explored how personal history, cultural identity, and lived experiences shape leadership philosophies within information organizations and community-centered work. Created for LIS 583: Cross-Cultural Approaches to Leadership, the project combined video, narration, cultural artifacts, music, and reflective storytelling to examine the relationship between identity and leadership.

Drawing from my experiences as a Mexican American woman, first-generation college student, facilities manager, and MLIS student, the project explored themes of resilience, representation, emotional intelligence, and inclusive leadership. The video format allowed me to connect personal narrative with visual storytelling and demonstrate how leadership is influenced by culture, lived experience, and community.