I research Indigenous and Latin American communities through ethnography, mixed methods, and place-based knowledge. My doctoral dissertation examines Tz’utujil community spatial memory and Indigenous cartographies of water in Santiago Atitlán.
At the University of Texas at Austin, I’ve supported instruction across Latin American Studies, sociocultural learning, social inequality, food systems, natural hazards, and history. I facilitate discussions, develop learning materials, provide feedback, maintain course resources, and mentor students through accessible, culturally responsive learning experiences.
My community-engaged research has included bilingual interviews and focus groups with Southeast Georgetown residents, stakeholders, and organizations to identify health and well-being priorities. I’ve also supported Title VI grant reporting, oral-history metadata development, and collaborative research on community resilience, planning, cooperativism, and political-economic empowerment.
I bring a commitment to translating complex social, historical, cultural, and spatial issues into collaborative research and meaningful learning.
