As a broadly trained socio-cultural anthropologist, my research interests include indigeneity and ethnicity, transnationalism, diaspora, and mobility studies, and the intersections of gender, race, and ethnicity among Latinos and in Latin America. I received my doctorate from the Department of Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Currently I am the Associate Director and Research Assistant Professor at the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies, CUNY Graduate Center. I am on the advisory board for the CUNY Mellon Faculty Diversity Career Enhancement Initiative (CFDI) and also serve on the Graduate Center Presidential Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion.