Nicole Marroquin is a teacher, educator, and artist who explores spatial justice, belonging, and Chicago’s Latinx history through projects that decenter dominant narratives to address displacement and erasure. Marroquin researches student uprisings in Chicago Public Schools and queer Chicanx public memory, with the goal of recuperating public memory of youth and women’s leadership in the struggle for justice.

She has presented projects at the Association of Research Libraries’ annual conference, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Printed Matter, and more. In 2019, she was granted 3Arts and Propeller Fund awards. Her essays have appeared in an array of publications, including the Chicago Social Practice History Series, Organize Your Own: The Politics and Poetics of Self-Determination Movements, revista contratiempo, and Where the Future Came From.

Marroquin is a Sor Juana Award recipient and a member of the Chicago ACT and Justseeds artist collectives.