Clarissa de Leon

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Clarissa de Leon is an educator with over a decade of experience spanning elementary and post-secondary teaching, as well as educational development. Her expertise lies in fostering diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism within educational spaces. Clarissa has taught in the Queen's University Faculty of Education and has worked as an Educational Developer at Queen's University and St. Lawrence College. She also works as an independent anti-racism and anti-oppression education consultant. Her past projects have included collaborations with the Limestone District School Board and The Critical Thinking Consortium. Clarissa completed her PhD in Education in 2025; her doctoral research focused on supporting BIPoC graduate students in their anti-racist teaching development. She is currently working as a Research Associate at the Queen’s University Centre for Teaching and Learning.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Research Associate, Queen's University, Centre for Teaching and Learning
  • 2020–2024
    Educational Development Associate, Queen's University, Centre for Teaching and Learning
  • 2024–2024
    Educational Developer- Intercultural Teaching, St. Lawrence College, School of Contemporary Teaching and Learning
  • 2020–2022
    Program Coordinator, Queen's University, Queen's Reads
  • 2018–2019
    Research Assistant, Queen's University, Faculty of Education
  • 2019–2019
    Graduate Teaching Fellow, Queen's University, Faculty of Education
  • 2015–2019
    Teaching Assistant, Queen's University, Faculty of Education
  • 2014–2016
    Teacher, Peel District School Board

Education

  • 2025 
    Queen's University , Doctor of Philosophy in Education
  • 2017 
    Queen's University, Master of Education
  • 2013 
    Queen's University, Bachelor of Education
  • 2012 
    University of Toronto, Bachelor of Arts (Hons.)

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