I am a postdoctoral research fellow at the Community to Community Impact Engine at Northeastern University. My research focuses on … using qualitative, geospatial, and a community-based and participatory action research (CBPR) epistemology. My dissertation attempted to understand the collective and individual impacts of gentrification in East Boston through walking interviews, photovoice, ethnography, and geospatial analysis. My goal is to ground my research in critical theoretical perspectives, including hauntology, postcolonialism, collective efficacy, abolition, and historical materialism.

I received my MSW from Michigan State University. I received my PhD from Boston College School of Social Work, where I defended my dissertation, No Tiene La Comunidad Que Yo Amo”: A Community-Engaged Study on the ‘More-Than-Material’ Impact of Gentrification on Long-Time Residents of East Boston, in June of 2023.