Dori Tunstall's Monthly Column Highlights Design Educator Nacho Montiel-O'Donnell

Dori Tunstall's third monthly dispatch for PRINT Magazine features 100 words and one image, focusing on design educator Theresa "Nacho" Montiel-O'Donnell. Montiel-O'Donnell, a Yaqui/Irish American designer and former roller derby athlete from Arizona, teaches at a Hispanic Serving Institution near Chicago. Her work advocates for IBPOC, Muslim, anti-Zionist Jewish, and LGBTQ+ students facing safety concerns due to federal policies. The column includes a digital self-portrait by Montiel-O'Donnell from March 2026, created with layered photography, risograph, CTA maps, and paint splashes. Tunstall, an award-winning design anthropologist and author of "Decolonizing Design: A Cultural Justice Guidebook" (MIT Press, 2023), writes from a perspective of cultural justice and liberatory joy. Her writing has also appeared in Fast Company, The Architect's Newspaper, and on Substack. The piece questions who protects design students and honors commitments to liberatory design education.