Research Experience
2021 - 2025 Survey Research Analyst
BSP Research
Supervisors: Gabriel Sanchez (UNM), Matt Barreto (UCLA), Gary Segura (UCLA)
2021 - 2025 Research Assistant
University of New Mexico, Department of Political Science
Supervisor: Gabriel Sanchez
2024 Research Assistant
Arizona State University
Supervisors: Francisco Pedraza
2024 LPPI Action Lab Researcher
University of California-Los Angeles, Arizona State University
Supervisors: Angie Bautista-Chavez, Juana Hernandez-Sanchez, Belen Flores
2024 Indigenous Research Fellowship Graduate Mentor
Arizona State University
Supervisors: Tara Lennon
2023 - 2024 Research Assistant
Arizona State University, School of Politics and Global Studies
Supervisor: Angie Bautista-Chavez
2022 - 2024 SPGS Experimental Lab Assistant
Arizona State University, School of Politics and Global Studies
Supervisor: Kim Fridkin
2022 - 2023 Research Assistant
Arizona State University, School of Politics and Global Studies
Supervisor: Kenicia Wright
2021 Research Assistant
University of New Mexico, Department of Political Science
Supervisor: Loren Collingwood
2021 ASSURE Research Fellow
University of New Mexico
Topic: “The Effects of Media Framing on Protests and Activism”
2021 NSSP/CTSP Research Fellow
University of New Mexico
Topic: “Sanctuary cities: Analysis of City Resolutions”
2017 “E.U. in Focus,” Coordinator
New York University
Topic: The Paris Climate Accord
Presentations
Southwest Workshop on Mixed Methods Research, October 2024. Beyond the Suffix: A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Latina/o Label Preferences and Political Behavior. Riverside, CA.
Latino Studies Association Panelist, April 2024. Revisiting Representation and the Role of Latino Intermediaries: Intersectional Constituencies and Placed-Based Politics. Tempe, AZ.
SPGS Identity Lab, April 2024. Perceptions of Fairness in Redistricting. Tempe, AZ.
Western Political Science Association, March 2024. Revisiting Representation and the Role of Latino Intermediaries: Intersectional Constituencies and Placed-Based Politics. Vancouver, Canada.
Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium, Jan. 2024. Perceptions of Redistricting: Exploring Preferences, Representation, Efficacy, and Behavior. Tempe, AZ.
Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium, Jan. 2024. Beyond The Suffix: A Qualitative Exploration of Latina/o Identity. Tempe, AZ.
Emory University, Dec. 2023. The U.S. Latino Organizational Terrain.
ASU Institute for Social Science Research, Apr. 2023. Poster: Race, Partisanship, and Loyalty: What Factors Shape Redistricting Perceptions? Tempe, AZ.
Midwestern Political Science Association, Apr. 2023. The Government is Hiding the Truth and Plotting: Explaining Latino Belief in Conspiracy Theories. Chicago, IL.
Midwestern Political Science Association, Apr. 2023. The Curious Case of Mass Mobilization: The Relationship between 2020 U.S. Protests and Voting Behavior. San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL.
Western Political Science Association, Apr. 2023. The Curious Case of Mass Mobilization: The Relationship between 2020 U.S. Protests and Voting Behavior. San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL.
American Indian Studies Association, Feb. 2023. Raising Native Voices Missing from College Courses. Tempe, AZ.
Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium, Jan. 2023. Poster: Sanctuary Cities & Interregional Latino Migration. Tempe, AZ.
NSSP/CTSP Research Consortium, Feb. 2021. Poster: Sanctuary Cities: An Analysis of Resolutions. Albuquerque, NM.
Women in Literature, Culture, and Art Conference, NYU Florence, Dec. 2017. Gender confrontations in various works of literature: The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, Inanna’s Descent to the Underworld, Bhagavad Gita, and Lysistrata. Florence, Italy.
Papers
(Accepted, Forthcoming) The Government is Hiding the Truth and Plotting: Explaining Latino Belief in Conspiracy Theories, with Gunes Tezcur, Kenicia Wright, and Maren Mainx
(Under Review) The Sanctuary Scale: Assessing Immigrant Protection and Incorporation Policies in Local Government, with Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien, Loren Collingwood, and Michael Paarlberg.
(Under Review) Health Policy and Healthcare Access (Book Chapter in "Salud Latina: An Examination of Contemporary Health Concerns" by Yoshira D. Macías Mejía), with Gabriel Sanchez
(Under Review) Revolving Door Lobbying (Book Chapter in "The Oxford Handbook of Lobbying and Its Regulation"), with James Strickland
(Manuscript) Race, Partisanship, and Loyalty: Exploring the Individual Effects of Redistricting on Political Participation and Representation Attitudes
(Manuscript) Perceptions of Redistricting: Exploring Preferences, Representation, Efficacy, and Behavior
(Manuscript) The Curious Case of Mass Mobilization: The Relationship between 2020 U.S. Protests and Voting Behavior.
(Manuscript) Revisiting Representation and the Role of Latino Intermediaries: Intersectional Constituencies and Placed-Based Politics, with Angie Bautista-Chavez, Dayne Saldana, and Kait Navarrette
(Manuscript) The Organizational Terrain of U.S. Latino Politics, with Angie Bautista-Chavez and Ricardo Romero
(Manuscript) The Making of Organizational Infrastructure: The Dynamic Interplay between Policy Feedback, Threat, Mobilization, with Angie Bautista-Chavez, Kaitlyn Navarrette, Julie Andres, Jarizbeth Caballero, and Dayne Saldana.
(Manuscript) Beyond the Suffix: A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Latina/o Label Preferences and Political Behavior, with Kenicia Wright
Public-Facing Reports
Ending The Affordable Care Act Would be Devastating to the Latino Community (BSP Research, 2024)
Arizona Organizational Landscape Report, 2024
New Mexico Gender Report, 2024
Latino Voting Behavior: Bad Polling Leads to Bad Assumptions (Brookings, 2024)
New Mexico Redistricting Evaluation Report (Redistricting Partners, 2022)