I am a Latina feminist and queer researcher, writer, and professor. I am an interdisciplinary scholar trained in Feminist Studies, specialized in the methods of queer oral histories and feminist ethnography. For over ten years, I have worked with queer migrant communities, documenting the lived experiences of LGB, queer, trans, and nonbinary Latine migrants in Southern California and Mexico City. As a queer migrant Latina (Mexicana) myself, I am professionally and personally invested in recuperating and documenting these stories. The archive of oral histories that I compiled will sooon be donated so that these stories are accessible to other researchers, students, journalists, and, most importantly, queer migrant communities.

I work as an Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. In my current position, I have designed and taught the courses Queer Migrations and Diaspora, Queer Theories, Introduction to LGBTQ Studies, and Gender, Race and Sexuality. My pedagogy is intentionally feminist and anti-racist, actively questioning and challenging hierarchies in the classroom. Heavily influenced by Women of Color feminist teachings and writings, I practice what I call “trickle up pedagogy” in the college classroom (see publications tab).

I have presented my work nationally and internationally, in English and Spanish, sharing my research and learning from others across borders.