Collegiate Affiliation
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Chicano & Latino Studies

My dissertation centers the experiences of queer, trans*, non-binary, and gender expansive Chicanx/Latinx communities who have historically been targeted and criminalized for using and engaging with cannabis. I bring together queer Chicanx/Latinx, Black, and Indigenous feminist theoretical and methodological frameworks to honor lived experiences and imagine cannabis beyond mainstream stereotypical representations of a profit-driven cannabis industry. This research unearths how LGBTQ+, gender non- conforming Chicanx and Latinx communities across Los Angeles have created and sustained significant cannabis relationships and spaces within and beyond the limits of government legality. It traces a contemporary cannabis narrative in L.A. to understand how the state came to create a capitalist cannabis industry and how marginalized communities have resisted state oppression and persecution.

Educational Background & Specialties
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Educational Background

  • B.A.: Chicana/o Studies, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2018
  • B.A.: Sociology, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2018 -
  • M.A.: Feminist Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2021

Specialties

  • Critical Race & Ethnic Studies
  • Queer Chicanx Feminisms
  • Critical Cannabis Studies
  • Feminist Abolition
  • Feminist Geographies
  • Qualitative Methods