S2 Ep 2: Wounded Healing with Justis Lopez

Acosta Institute

Justis Lopez (also known as DJ Faro) is the founder and Chief
Enthusiasm Officer (CEO) of Just Experience LLC, an organization that strives
to educate, entertain, and empower communities across the world. As a
community organizer he focuses on ways to create spaces of radical joy,
justice, & healing through Hip-Hop and the arts. He is currently pursuing his
doctoral degree at Harvard in Educational Leadership, and recently
completed his master’s degree in Education Entrepreneurship at the
University of Pennsylvania where he focused on creating Joy Labs with
Project Happyvism. Before this role he served as the director of alumni affairs
at the Council For Opportunity in Education in Washington D.C assisting with
community outreach for the national federal TRIO programs. He began his
career as a high school social studies teacher in his hometown of Manchester,
CT and has served as a middle school and high school teacher in the Bronx,
NY. When Justis isn’t teaching he can be found DJing or dancing down the
street. He enjoys long hikes, funfetti cupcakes, and long walks on the beach.
You learn more about Justis here.
We want to thank Paper Monday for the interviews and portraits, Jo Barratt and Dike Godstime for the audio engineering and Maria Tan from House of Thriving for co-producing this podcast season.