Her doctorate is in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies from The University of Arizona. Areas of interest include border pedagogy, contemporary American Indian literature, post-colonial literatures of the Americas, and the study of activism through the arts. She has presented papers in conferences across the country and abroad. Her essays have appreared in Radical Teacher, The Journal for Education and Cultural Studies, The Facts on File Companion to 20th Century American Poetry, and Puero del Sol. Her poetry and stories have been featured in Slow Trains Literary Magazine, Thieves Jargon, Syntax, The Red River Review, and many other print and on-line literary journals.