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My current research uses ethnographic methods to investigate QTPOC (Queer & Trans People of Color) agricultural collectives as exercises of antiracist and anticapitalist queer ecological kinship. My work merges theoretical studies in queer-of-color ecology with material practices of social justice and critical pedagogy. Additional areas of interest include the intersections of disability studies and environmental justice.

I have extensive experience in, and a deep commitment to, equity-oriented teaching and mentorship.

Past research projects have included:

1. investigating strategies of resistance among queer and trans climate-induced migrants from Puerto Rico and Central America
2. a mixed-methods environmental health study of childhood asthma among Spanish-speaking residents of the South Bronx
3. a quantitative analysis of the environmental justice impacts of California electric vehicle policy