PhD Candidate
Latin America and the Caribbean
I specialize in 20th c. Mexican history. My dissertation traces the development of public services and municipal governance in Nogales, Sonora between 1918, when the first physical boundary divided "Ambos Nogales," and 1965, when investments from the Mexican National Border Program (PRONAF) and the binational Border Industrialization Program rebuilt the Nogales gateway. Using municipal and state archives, I explore how working women, Chinese business owners, Indigenous Tohono O'odham, and Native Yaqui asserted rights to waterworks, electricity, and education in a changing border city.
Prior to graduate school, I worked as Paralegal for the American Civil Liberties Union's (ACLU) Racial Justice Program, and the New York Legal Assistance Group's (NYLAG) Tenants' Rights Unit. I welcome inquiries from fellow first-generation students pursuing graduate study in History.
Research Interests
- Urban History
- Migration Studies
- Ethnic Studies
Prizes and Awards
2022 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
Reinhard Bendix and Allan Sharlin Fellowship for Global, International & Area Studies
UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender Research Grant
Dr. Iris Hui Memorial Graduate Student Scholarship
2021 UC Berkeley Mentored Research Award
2020 Graduate Remote Instruction Innovation Fellowship
2019 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
2018 The New York Metro Leaders' Fellowship
Teaching
Instructor of Record
Atlantic Foodways, Freedom Summer Collegiate
Graduate Student Instructor
History 146: Women and Gender in Latin America
History 8B: Modern Latin America
History 142: Cuba in World History
Graduate Student Reader
History 125B: African American History and Race Relations