Staff
Jonathan Peraza Campos, Program Specialist
Jonathan Peraza Campos (he/him/el) received his undergraduate degree in 2018 from Emory University. He completed his Master’s in Social Foundations of Education at Georgia State University in 2021, and he is currently pursuing a second Master’s degree in History and Latinx/Latin American Studies.
Jonathan studies and organizes around the links between racism, imperialism, immigration, militarism, incarceration, policing, and education, especially in the US South and Central America/ns. His work has centered around educational, academic, and activist projects particularly surrounding Latinx and migrant youth and communities in metro-Atlanta.
Jonathan Peraza Campos shares his excitement to support the Teaching Central America campaign.
He is an educational consultant and an abolitionist educator and organizer. Much of his work has focused on teaching Latinx and immigrant youth about their histories, writers, thinkers, and movements through a Latinx Studies and ethnic studies lens. He is also invested in building the next generation of agitators and movement leaders as a political educator.
We need additional support to make this a full time position and expand our programming.
Interview
In this 2023 interview with Educators for Antiracism, Jonathan Peraza Campos describes his journey in education from student to educator. He also responds to questions about the importance of teaching about Central America.