Degrees

• University of California – Los Angeles, M.A. in Sociology (June 2026)
• The University of Chicago, B.A. in Sociology (June 2022)

Fields of Study

Latine Sociology, Gender and Sexuality, Latin America and the Caribbean, Ethnography, Archives, Community-Engaged Research

Awards & Grants

• Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship
• Graduate Dean Scholar Award
• Latin American Institute Graduate Student Research Grant
• Center for the Study of Women|Streisand Center Travel Grant Award

Conference Presentations

• “Keeping Us Together: Care and Resistance in LGBTQ+ Latine Community Work”  as part of the panel: “Rethinking the Status Quo: Toward a More Equitable Future of Latina/o Sociology” in the American Sociological Association (ASA) 2026 Annual Meeting
• “Decolonizing Gender: Applying the Relational Framework to Gender Structures in the Dominican Republic and [South] Korea,” with co-author Dasom Nah Gonzalez as part of the panel : “Rethinking Theories of Gender, Race, and Sexuality from Anti-, De-, and Postcolonial Perspectives” in the American Sociological Association (ASA) 2026 Annual Meeting.
• “Beyond the Nation? The Dominican Lesbian Struggle for Belonging and Solidarity in the Late 20th Century” with co-author Jennifer Uribe as part of the panel: “Queering Histories, Print Letters, Music, and Identities into the Track: Sexualities and LGBTI Studies” for the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) 2026 Congress