I am dedicated to personally engaging and working with diverse publics, and to developing new ways of examining, creating, and sharing stories with the world.

Various opportunities throughout my career have led me to think about inclusive scholarship and public history. As an undergraduate, a public history course at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities introduced me and other underrepresented students to public and museum history, emphasizing the role that academics and professionals had as gatekeepers and mediators of knowledge and information. As a diversity intern for the Minnesota Historical Society prior to graduate school, I learned the importance of communicating complicated stories in an accessible way.

Because my work focuses on Latinx and indigenous migrants, many of whom find themselves without the opportunity to return to their homelands, it is imperative that we create knowledge in collaboration with these communities through digital artifacts that are easily accessible to communities across borders. I also am committed to promoting and fostering this practice with my students — past, present, and future.