Research Interest
My scholarship explores the formation of Afro-Panamanian identity within the broader historical context of U.S. expansion and intervention in Central America during the early twentieth century.
Her work is interested in how Black Panamanians make meaning from lived experience, particularly in relation to the social and racial dynamics surrounding the construction of the Panama Canal and the U.S. presence in the region.
Drawing from Chicana/Latina and Southern epistemologies, she approaches lived experience, memory, and community knowledge as important ways of understanding and interpreting social realities.
Her research also examines how historical U.S. interventions across Central America continue to shape migration, identity, and diasporic life today.
past activities
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presentations
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“Living in the Cracks as a Black Latina woman," April 2026. Colloquium on the World's Education System.
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“Building Supportive Learning Communities as a Basis to Build Peace in Education," March 2026. 70th Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society.
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“Reciprocity and Wellbeing in Student-Teacher Relationships based on Indigenous Ways of Knowledge."
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October 2025. 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum
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February 2026. University of Minnesota OLPD Student Research Conference.
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“Black and Brown Education: Community-Initiated Practices," April 2025. Colloquium on the World’s Education System.