Her research focuses on undocumented migration, education, socio-legal studies, and Latina/o sociology. She completed a Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. She also has a J.D. from Boston University School of Law, and practiced law in Massachusetts before returning to graduate school. Her current book project, The Latino Undocumented 1.5-generation: Navigating Belonging in New and Old Destinations, examines how state laws and policies mediate opportunities for social mobility for Latino undocumented young adults living and growing up in Los Angeles, CA and Atlanta, GA. Her CRC fellowship builds on her interest in how place and spatial inequality matter for immigrant integration.