De La Rosa is a Seguin native and Executive Director of Teatro De Artes De Juan Seguin (Teatro). She is a graduate of Texas State University, where she earned her Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Adult, Professional, and Community Education. Her research study explored the struggle and resiliency of a Mexican American community in Seguin as they attempted to maintain, teach, and celebrate their Mexican American roots, customs, knowledge, and traditions through community education. She aimed to provide insight into public pedagogy - as it relates to teaching, learning, and leading - as a means to record growth and change within the community.
Culturally relevant arts empower youth and adults—especially in communities of color—by fostering identity, healing, leadership, and civic engagement. Rooted in lived experience and heritage, arts-based education transforms learning into a liberating, community-driven, and emotionally enriching process.
