Public scholarship
I bring research into public conversation through interviews, writing, programs, and community events. The goal is not simply to be visible—it is to make history and scholarship more accessible, accountable, and useful.
Coverage of the Tompkins County Minimum Wage Study by the ILR Ithaca Co-Lab research team, of which I am a member and report co-author.
Conversation with Ian Greer, director of the ILR Ithaca Co-Lab, about the study our team carried out for the County.
“This dark time of violence and barbarity led to separation between groups,” said Adolfho Romero, assistant director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program.Jan 29, 2022
A two-part radio documentary on food traditions on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, drawn from 34 oral histories recorded with Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, and UF’s Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. Credited for translation, transcription, and voice-over.
Press release on SPOHP’s interviews with Lumbee elders about farm life, foodways, plants, stories, and healing, part of a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation effort to preserve Native American oral histories. The Tribe thanked me by name for the team’s work and “kindness to our elders.”
“We capture, preserve, and promote living histories of individuals from all walks of life.”SPOHP interview, May 10, 2023
As part of a collaborative oral history initiative, I helped document and interpret the lived experiences of Hispanic U.S. veterans through interviews and documentary storytelling, contributing to a permanent archival record in the Library of Congress.Fall 2023
Featured in Creek Corner for work on the Venus McGhee Prince Collection with the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. Interviewed during the Poarch Band of Creek Indians History Conference.
“Oral history is not about collecting—it’s about connecting.”
“Script Writer: This episode examines how the University of Florida has challenged racism.”Episode description
I joined Florida State Representative Anna Eskamani, Dr. Rik Stevenson, and Laken Brooks on a panel moderated by Dr. Amy Martinelli, followed by small-group conversations on identity and civil discourse across difference. I spoke as a graduate student in Latinx, migration, and transnational studies, coordinator of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program’s Latina/o Diaspora in the Americas Project, and an intern with the Farmworker Association of Florida.
Participant in community organizing and protest actions highlighted in this article documenting grassroots efforts for food justice, mutual aid, and labor accountability in Alachua County. My participation is acknowledged in the publication.
I run the journal’s social media, sharing each new issue, highlighting open-access articles, and tagging authors so their work reaches labor scholars and practitioners.
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“Since the early summer of 2020, the Alachua County Labor Coalition started helping tenants by developing the Alachua County Tenants Association.”Mar 2021