Research

Currently working on several projects:

  • Dissertation Working Title: Recognizing, Naming, Blaming, Claiming, and Redress of Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Michoacán and the Role of Globalization

  • Victimization Experiences of Latina Domestic and Farm Workers in the United States.

  • The Role of Gender and Financial Expectations on the Decision to Support Children’s Educational Pursuits in Michoacán

Past Projects

  • Help-seeking among Latine immigrant survivors of intimate partner violence

UCI Initiative to End Family Violence Presentation

  • Comparing current sexual assault case-handling practices (among law enforcement and prosecutors) and evidence-based best practices

  • Comparing lethal and non-lethal cases of intimate partner violence

  • Exploring perceptions of recovery from severe mental illness from the perspective of mental health professionals in Mexico City

  • COVID-19 Narrative Project: Capturing the experiences of essential workers in Orange County California

  • Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on the daily life of rural Mexican residents

UCI Law & Ethnography Lab

I am also a member of the UCI Law & Ethnography Lab.