INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Rescatando la Memoria Histórica de los Partidos Comunistas Centroamericanos. Panel titled “Conmemorando el Dia Internacional del Museo y la Memoria Histórica”. Instituto Schafik Handal. San Salvador, El Salvador. May 2023.

Misrepresented Insecurities: An Annotated Interview about Displacement and Resistance of Central America’s ‘Eternos Indocumentados’. Panel titled “In-Seguridad Ciudadana: Presentación de Latin American Law Review”. Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia. Nov 2021.

Desplazamiento y Resistencia de los “Eternos Indocumentados” de Centroamérica. Panel titled “Migración Centroamericana en nuestras propias palabras”. XV Congreso Centroamericano de Historia. San José, Costa Rica. Apr 2021.

La Trayectoria de Estudios Centroamericanos en Estados Unidos. Panel titled “Nada Sobre Nosotrxs Sin Nosotrxs! Central American Migrations in Our Own Voices”. Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Virtual Conference 2020: Améfrica Ladina: Vinculando Mundos y Saberes, Tejiendo Esperanzas. Guadalajara, Mexico. May 2020.

¿Estado Transnacional? –  Desarrollo, retos y avances de un Nuevo Modelo de Estado para un Socialismo Salvadoreño desde la tradición de la izquierda revolucionaria. X Congreso Asociación de Historiadores de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (ADHILAC), “Las revoluciones en la historia de América Latina y el Caribe en el siglo XX.” Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Jun 2011.

NATIONAL CONFERENCES

Central American Studies Section: Transnational Scholarship, Transnational Lives—Early Career Historians of/from Central America. American Historical Association (AHA) Conference 2023. Philadelphia, PA. Jan 2023.

The Struggle to Unearth Central America’s “Rebel Archives” and Communist History. Panel titled “Transnational Approaches to Unpacking Radical Politics in and outside of Central America”. Latinx Studies Association (LSA) Conference 2022: Centering Blackness, Challenging Latinidad. University of Notre Dame. South Bend, IN. Jul 2022.

Migraciones de los Pipil-Nicarao nahua-hablantes hacia Centroamérica. Nahuatl Conference. University of California, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. May 2018.

“The State of Central Americans in the U.S.: Notes from the Field” Roundtable. Latino Studies Association Biannual Conference 2016 “Deliberating Latino/a Studies: Promiscuity, (In)civility & (Un)disciplinarity. Pasadena, CA. Jul 2016.

Contesting theories of belonging, membership, and political participation among first- and second-generation Salvadoran youth in the U.S. and its implications for the Salvadoran nation-state. “Lozano Long Conference: Central Americans and the Latino/a Landscape.” University of Texas, Austin. Austin, TX. Feb 2012.

Since Farabundo Marti: An analysis of the challenges and revolutionary advances of Salvadoran youth in the student movement. Heritage University Mellon Fellows Regional Conference. Seattle, WA. Nov 2011.

Social formation processes of Salvadoran youth and the development of the new organic intellectual.  XXXVIII Conference of the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS), “Sites of Education for Social Justice”.  Panel title: “Salvadoran Identity, Incorporation, and Political Participation.” Pasadena, CA. Apr 2011.

The Salvadoran Student Movement in the United States. Abriendo Brecha VIII Annual Activist Scholarship Conference. Panel title: “Student Activism and International Solidarity: Perspectives from El Salvador” University of Texas Austin. Austin, TX. Feb 2011.

“Paradigms of a New Consciousness”: The Case of the Salvadoran Student Movement and its implications. Leadership Alliance National Conference. New Brunswick, NJ. Jul 2010. 

“Paradigms of a New Consciousness”: The Case of the Salvadoran Student Movement and its implications. Columbia University Undergraduate Research Symposium. Columbia University. New York City, NY. Jul 2010.

REGIONAL CONFERENCES/SYMPOSIUMS

Por un cine imperfecto en el siglo 21: Understanding contemporary Cuban cinema through ephemera from the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry. UC-CUBA Graduate Conference & Workshop. University of California, Irvine. Irvine, CA. Nov 2021.

Prohibido Olvidar: Revolutionary Movements in the Making of the Central American Working Class, 1920-1970. Panel titled “Narrating Violence: Transnational Movements and Culinary Metaphors”. UC-CUBA Graduate Conference & Workshop. University of California, Irvine. Irvine, CA. Feb 2020.

10 Años de Estudio y Lucha: A Brief History of USEU, la Unión Salvadoreña de Estudiantes Universitarios, 2006-2016. First Annual Central American Studies Symposium at UCLA. University of California, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. Jun 2019.

Eternos Indocumentados: Central American Refugees in the United States – A Film Preview and Discussion. Critical Refugee Studies Collective (CRSC) Conference on Land and Water Struggles. University of California, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. Nov 2018.

Since Farabundo Marti: An analysis of the challenges and revolutionary advances of Salvadoran youth in the student movement. USEU’s 4^th Annual Statewide Conference “From Local to Global: Knitting the Fabric of Community.” California State University, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. Apr 2012.

Student contributions to the development of an alternative political project for El Salvador’s transnational community. UCLA Westwind Conference. University of California, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. May 2011.

The Historical and Theoretical Genesis of the Union of Salvadoran University Students. UCLA Westwind Conference. University of California, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. May 2010.

OUTREACH FORUMS

Career Conversation with Jennifer Cárcamo, Salvadoran filmmaker, scholar, and organizer. Council for Latin American and Iberian Studies (CLAIS) at the Macmillan Center. Yale University. New Haven, CT. March 2023.

Nueva Conciencia: Demystifying Graduate School. USEU’s 5^th Annual Statewide Conference “Rescuing Our Identity to Empower Our Community: Discovering ourselves between crisis and change.” University of California, Riverside. Riverside, CA. Jan 2014. 

Going Home to Study Abroad: Latino/a Student Educational Delegations to Latin America. Pacific Coast Council of Latin American Studies (PCCLAS) 2011 Conference. California State University, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. Oct 2011.

The Historical Genesis of the Salvadoran Student Movement from El Salvador to the United States. 2^nd Annual USEU Statewide Student Conference. University of California Riverside. Riverside, CA. Jan 2011.

Salvadoran Identity: Legacies of Repressing Identity 1932-Today. 22th Annual Student of Color Conference (SOCC). University of California, Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, California. Nov 2010.