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Annmarie Caño, PhD, LP, ACC
@annmarie-cano.bsky.social
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I am trying to liberate academia from oppressive practices through my teaching, writing, and coaching. Author of "Leading Toward Liberation: How to Build Cultures of Thriving in Higher Education (Hopkins Press, 2025).
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My dog has the #Advent vibe down.
Black and white dog In a darkened room lit up by holiday lights. She is looking out the window on a snowy scene.
December 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Spending time in El Salvador for the 36th anniversary of the assassination of university leaders who centered the most marginalized, one of whom was a social psychologist who inspired my book, is something else!
#LeadingTowardLiberation
November 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Colorful carpets this morning at Finch Arboretum. 🍂 #Spokane
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Thanks to the panel picker voters out there! @drkevinrmcclure.com and I will see you in Austin in March 2026 at @sxswedu.com!
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
#CaringUniversity
#LeadingTowardLiberation
Picture of the colorful book covers of Leading Toward Liberation and The caring University along with the title of the presentation that reads higher ed needs caring and liberatory leadership to thrive.
October 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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This is me after a day of spreading the message of liberatory leadership to people who want to hear it. I am ever hopeful we can co-create something different in #highered.
@sandiegostate.bsky.social
#LeadingTowardLiberation
October 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Super excited that the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas in El Salvador purchased my book! It's based on the courageous witness of their leaders during a time of great struggle, so it is an honor that it's available in their library.
#LeadingTowardLiberation
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Meanwhile, fall looks in #spokane at James T. Slavin Conservation Area.
October 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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#bookjoy at @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social with a treasured colleague, Dr. María Rosa Brea, I finally met in person! Bonus? We're color coordinated with the book cover. 😆

#leadingtowardliberation
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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What a great feeling celebrating Latinx authors and creatives at today's La Feria/Academic Book Showcase at NYU during Hispanic and Latine Heritage Month!

Thank you for hosting,
@latinxprojnyu.bsky.social, and including #LeadingTowardLiberation!
September 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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At a dahlia festival in Spokane and I spotted what I thought was a bee enjoying some nectar, only to find a yellow crab spider enjoying its meal. #doubletake
September 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Check out this book that I signed at an event yesterday. It makes me so happy when readers flag the heck out of my book (esp. with cat stickers)!

#leadingtowardliberation
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Volunteer #sunflowers are the best. #Spokane
August 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Morning visitors.
#WesternBluebird
August 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Mini #waterfall at Finch Arboretum.
#Spokane
July 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Just learned that my @hopkinspress.bsky.social book is in its third printing in its third week of being alive! 🤯

Latin American liberation praxis has a lot to teach us about how to lead in the current moment. I'm so grateful that it's resonating with folks!

#LeadingTowardLiberation
#highered
July 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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I have a new supervisor in the garden. #CaliforniaQuail
July 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Wow, this cake decorator knocked it out of the park! Thank you, Carissa!
#LeadingTowardLiberation
#PubDay
#LiberatoryJoy
July 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Excited to wake up today and learn that Leading Toward Liberation is the #1 New Release in inclusive education just one day after its official pub day!

I'm grateful that this book is resonating with folks.🐦🐦🐦

@hopkinspress.bsky.social
#LeadingTowardLiberation
July 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Took an art class today on how to get unstuck on projects. What's the lesson this resident cat is teaching us?
#catsintheclassroom
#lessonsfromcats
#creativity
June 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Took a printmaking class last week. I highly recommend the arts to cultivate liberating joy!
#LeadingTowardLiberation
#LiberatingJoy
June 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Liberation is for everyone so that means a book about Leading Toward Liberation is for everyone too! Don't take my word for it - listen to renowned liberation psychologist Dra. Lillian Comas-Díaz. ¡Estoy muy agradecida para su apoyo!
#LeadingTowardLiberation
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
A blue bird perched on the edge of an open cage with a quote that says leading toward liberation is a book for everyone! Annmarie Caño offers practical suggestions to develop a liberation mindset. I strongly recommend this powerful book! Author of the quote is Lillian Comas-Díaz, co-editor of Liberation psychology: theory, method, practice, and social justice.
June 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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I grew this baby from a seed
A SEED! Something that looks like nothing special, that looks dead. Think what else can grow when we plant with intentionality and critical hope! Something beautiful and nourishing and almost unimaginable, but alive!
Photo of hand holding a red radish with green leaves that has been freshly picked from a garden.
June 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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I loved presenting in the cozy Lydia Mendelssohn Theater yesterday in UofM's Michigan League for the 10th annual @aacu.org New Leadership Academy. It seemed especially timely to be talking about values-based leadership and accompaniment at this location given the day's news!
#leadingtowardliberation
June 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Turkeys and gopher snakes. Just a normal spring in #Spokane.
May 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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This bird landed on my head today while I was tending my garden. That's a good sign, right? #mothernature
May 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM