I am an assistant professor in the Political Science Department at Baruch College in the City University of New York. I received my Ph.D. from Columbia University and my B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez.
I specialize in American public opinion and political behavior, particularly as they relate to racial and ethnic minorities. My current work focuses on Latinos’ racial attitudes and their support for police-reform policies and the Black Lives Matter movement. I am also a Co-PI on the Puerto Rico Public Opinion Lab (PR-POL), the first large-scale, nationally representative survey of Puerto Ricans on the island. My research has been funded by the Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI), PSC-CUNY, and Columbia’s Center on African American Politics and Society, the Division of Social Science, and the Institute for Social and Economic Research Policy.
At Baruch, I teach courses on American Government, Race and Ethnicity in American Politics, and Latino Politics. I am also the Political Science Internship Coordinator.