Asami Robledo Yamamoto

Asami Robledo-Allen Yamamoto (she/her/ella) is the Project Manager for Latinos in Heritage Conservation. Previously, she served as the Community and Bilingual Program Coordinator for the Kimbell Art Museum and a gallery teacher at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Her work focuses on bilingual, teen, and accessibility museum programs rooted in constructivism, empathy, and compassion. Asami believes museum education programs are catalysts to change in their surrounding communities and advocates for Spanish-language inclusion, anti-ableist and anti-racist museum education practices, and gamification. Additionally she serves as co-chair for the editorial board team for The Museum Education Roundtable and is writing a book about language equity in museums through AAM (American Alliance of Museums). Asami is also a practicing artist trying to raise awareness for various chronic illnesses through her paintings and video art.