Shakira Jimenez Mota (she/her)

Diversity management and training, project and HR management, Scrum Master, Master's in Cultural Studies and History

Role in the inclusive media minds network

Through my studies and not least through many years of experience in project, marketing and HR work, I am able to analyze teams, hierarchies, power structures and group dynamics in a professional context, to support people in dissolving them and to shape new ways of working together.

I define and implement discrimination-sensitive complaint processes under the AGG and support organizations in establishing fair and inclusive structures. With my ability to analyze complex processes and quickly identify bottlenecks, I manage to communicate the necessary steps clearly and implement them effectively. Successful complaint management in the field of discrimination depends to a large extent on trusting cooperation with all relevant stakeholders. Let's smash the patriarchy!

As a consultant and trainer, I value

Transparency
Knowledge transfer
Promoting diversity

I stand for

Diversity management
Complaint management
Creating safer spaces
Designing and guiding processes
Support in forming groups (e.g. employee resource groups (ERGs), a PoC group within an organization, etc.)
Close cooperation between management and staff

Personal positioning

I identify as Afro-Latina and was born and raised in the Dominican Republic. I have lived in Hamburg since 2001, have two children and love dancing salsa and bachata.
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My utopia is …

... that real change is possible, structurally, across society and systematically, and that it benefits as many people as possible as well as nature. That people are not seen as mere resources, but are seen and supported with all their facets, needs and knowledge. I wish for a less deficit-oriented view and instead a benevolent one, focused on possibilities and a good future for everyone.
Shakira Jimenez Mota

Professional experience, expertise

Educational background

Studies
Kiel University, Master's in Cultural Studies
Erasmus stay
Humanidades at the University of Valencia, Spain
Master's thesis
Protest culture and the development of the 1968 movement

Research and teaching

Leading tutorials for BA students during the Master's program
Exhibition design
“Louis Gurlitt: An Artist's Life” at the Jenisch Haus (Stiftung Altonaer Museen)
Protest culture of the 1968 movement at the Molfsee Open-Air Museum in Kiel