I am an education scholar and policy analyst from southern California. My research explores questions of family, mobility, and opportunity, investigating how policy shapes access to higher education for immigrant populations throughout the United States. I am currently an American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Leading Edge Fellow with the Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education & Immigration.

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I earned my Ph.D. in Anthropology & Education from Teachers College, Columbia University in 2023. My dissertation project was funded by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, the NAEd/Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, the Teachers College Education Policy Dissertation Fellowship, and grants from the Dean's, President's, and Provost's offices at Teachers College .

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I am currently based in Washington, D.C.​

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