Ama Agustin

Ama (she/they) is a resource mobilizer, organizer, and creative who believes in the power of healing and transformation. She looks to the indigenous values and guidance of her Bisayan Waray lineage of the Philippines and mestiza & Paez lineage of Colombia. Ama understands their work as a resource mobilizer to be critical to divesting from systems of punishment and investing into the visions of community. She is drawn to her work with CURYJ due to personal experience with harm & transformation and the deep seeded belief in abolition.
Ama is the first generation in her family to be born in “the united states” and the first to obtain a college degree. She sees her Bachelor’s in Sociology from the University of San Francisco as a privilege and a responsibility to her communities.
Ama cherishes their queerness as a political identity and portal for creative resistance. Born and raised in the Bay Area, Ama is invested in tending to the legacy of liberation that surrounds her.