Vivian Chavez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Education at San Francisco State University. Her research interests are in embodied multicultural learning experiences, community based participatory research, youth empowerment, global health, and community organizing.  Her scholarship is partially informed by her standpoint as a woman of color and concerns the mind-body divide characteristic of higher education. Chávez has extensive media experience and over the last decade has worked integrating the study of media literacy with policy advocacy. She is currently working on the book Drop That Knowledge: Youth Radio, Learning and Culture with Elizabeth Soep.  Together they developed a concept known as Pedagogy of Collegiality, a teaching approach that builds critical consciousness and partnerships between teachers and learners. Vivian is a faculty member of the International Honors Program in Health and Community and traveled to India, China and South Africa teaching a culturally competent approach to curriculum development that combines traditional in-class lectures with independent study, hands-on field exploration, case studies, and group projects. She just finished co-editing the textbook Prevention is Primary: Community Strategies for Wellbeing and is a registered yoga teacher.