I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, where I serve as Co-Principal Investigator on a Democracy Initiative Catalyst Grant focused on multiracial democracy. My current research examines Latino political behavior, democratic incorporation, and methodological innovation in survey-based political analysis. 

My work has been supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, and I have contributed both scholarly and public-facing research on Latino politics, elections, and multiracial democracy.

My current projects focus on three connected areas. First, I study Latino political behavior across recent elections, including Latino support for Donald Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024. Second, I examine race, democratic exclusion, and political incorporation in the United States. Third, I develop computational and inferential methods for studying high-dimensional political behavior data in ways that remain substantively interpretable. 

Together, these projects ask how political systems shape group membership, how electoral coalitions change over time, and how new methodological tools can clarify the structure of political behavior.

Born and raised in South Tucson, Arizona, I began my academic journey at Pima Community College before transferring to the University of Arizona. I later earned my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame. That path continues to shape my work on political belonging, democratic inequality, and the lived experience of institutions.