Itza A. Carbajal, (MSIS, PhD) is a US settler born in New Orleans and raised in Texas that recently completed a PhD in Information Studies (June 2026) while serving as full-time teaching faculty at the University of Washington Information School focusing her research and pedagogy on children, memories, trauma, disaster education, and youth records. She has worked as a Latin American Metadata Librarian at UT Austin, as Digital Archivist for Loyola New Orleans, cultural arts programmer in San Antonio, and youth education instructor and designer in Seattle, WA. Itza has a Master of Science in Information Studies with a focus on archival management and digital records from the University of Texas at Austin School of Information. Through social-historical and affective frameworks, Carbajal stresses the role of historic and contemporary records in shaping personal and collective memories for young populations through K-16 learning with a special focus on disaster and climate change education.
