Lucia Leon, PhD

by | May 14, 2020

Lucia Leon grew up in Orange County, California where she began organizing with undocumented youth and their families in the mid-2000s. Her commitment to social justice and research interest on migration is profoundly shaped by her family’s experience with the family...

Salvador Rangel, PhD

by | May 21, 2019

Salvador Rangel came to the United States as an undocumented immigrant. After various years working in the construction and manufacturing sectors, he made his way into higher education, first obtaining a GED and then attending community college. He went on to obtain a...

Deisy Del Real, PhD

by | May 15, 2018

Deisy Del Real completed her dissertation at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2019. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Southern California. Deisy analyzes how the Latin American nations belonging to...

Michael D. Aguirre, PhD

by | December 3, 2017

Michael Aguirre explores the aftermath of the guest worker Bracero Program that brought Mexican farm workers to the U.S. between 1942 and 1964.  Focusing on the Eastern California borderlands of Imperial County, California, and Mexicali, Baja California Norte, he...

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