I am currently the Guatemala Country Director for La Isla Network. My work focuses on the assessment of occupational health and safety interventions to prevent heat stress. The research also investigates the prevalence of chronic kidney disease among agricultural workers, especially sugarcane cutters.
I am also a research scientist at Wuqu' Kawoq|Maya Health Alliance's Center for Indigenous Health Research. I work on our various ongoing research projects, especially those related to occupational health, migration, maternal and child health.
Previously, I was an Assistant of Anthropology in the department of Anthropology and Sociology at Albion College, where I regularly taught classes on Medical Anthropology and Public Health.
Education
In 2015, I earned my Ph.D. at the University of Kansas. My dissertation research focused on how transnational migration shapes gender and intrafamilial dynamics in the sending communities. Specifically, I examine how the migration of Kaqchikel Maya men facilitates the surveillance of their wives via technologies like Facebook, Skype, and cell phones as well as local and transnational gossip. This research was supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. This research is the basis of the book manuscript Public Loves, Private Troubles: Technology, Intimacy, and Migration in Rural Guatemala, forthcoming form the University of Alabama Press.
In 2025, I will earn my MPH from Harvard University.