He received his PhD from Texas A&M University in 2014. His research focuses on intersections among Rhetoric and Composition, Race and Ethnic Studies, and Hiphop Studies. He is interested in how Black, Latina/o, and Indigenous cultures influence hiphop rhetorics and technologies. His essay, "Fighting the Academy One Nopal at a Time," appeared in El Mundo Zurdo: Selected Works from the Meetings of The Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa in 2012. He is currently working on his first monograph, Homegrown Critique Through Hiphop Rhetorics.