About

 To survive the Borderlands you must live sin fronteras, be a crossroads.

Gloria E. Anzaldua

While these tiles once adorned the first mall in my hometown of Brownsville, Texas, they now lead to classrooms at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, a bilingual university that prides itself on being a gateway to Latin America. Growing up in a border town, I traversed physical, linguistic, and cultural borders daily. After living and learning in Mexico, New England, Miami, the Midwest, and, most recently, Lexington, KY, I can honestly thank South Texas for teaching me to engage diverse peoples and maintain a strong sense of self. This is how I approach all areas of my life—professionally and personally—and what I hope is captured on the pages of this site.