Guest Lectures

Historias Prohibidas del Istmo: Central American Communists during the Rise of Twentieth Century Fascism, 1920-1940. UCLA Labor Studies Now Series. University of California, Los Angeles, Labor Studies Department. Los Angeles, CA. Nov 2025.

Forced Displacement, Migration, and the Struggle for Central American Refugee Rights. Dr. Alexis Meza’s “Central American Diasporas” Class. New York University. New York, NY. Nov 2023.

Challenging Misrepresentations of Central American Forced Migration to the United States. Dr. Fernando Perez-Montesino’s “Latin American Social History” Class. University of California, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. Jun 2023.

“Ciencia, Tierra, y Libertad”: The First Communist Party of Guatemala and the Communist Party of Central America, 1920-1932. Yale Latin American History Speaker Series. Yale University. New Haven, CT. March 2023.

Central American Migration: A Product of U.S. Imperialism and the Rise of Neoliberalism in Central America. Dr. Robin Derby’s “History 8C: Contemporary Latin American Culture” Class. University of California, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. Jun 2020.

Los que nunca sabé nadie de donde son”: Central America’s Struggle for Visibility and Justice. Dr. Irene Vasquez’s “Introduction to Chicano and Chicana Studies” Class. University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM. Nov 2019.

Centroamericano/as: “Los nunca sabé nadie de donde son”. Dr. Fernando Perez-Montesino’s “History 8C: Social History of Latin America” Class. University of California, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. Jun 2019.

“Untangling the Immigration Debate” Panel. Dr. Virginia Espino’s “The Immigration Debate through Film” Chicano/Chicana Studies Class. University of California, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. Mar 2018.

Working in the Non-Profit as Women of Color” Panel. Dr. Leisy Abrego’s “Race, Gender, and Labor in the U.S” Chicano/Chicana Studies Class. University of California, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. Nov 2017.

Freedom Not Reform: Attacks on Central American Asylum Seekers. East Los Angeles Community College (ELAC). Monterey Park, CA. May 2017.

#FreedomNotReform: Central American Refugee Mothers and the Movement to End Family Detention. Lecturer Arturo Zepeda’s “Introduction to Central American Studies” Class. CaliforniaState University, Northridge. Northridge, CA. Mar 2017.

Freedom Not Reform: Attacks on Central American Asylum Seekers. Dr. Suyapa Portillo’s “Introduction to Central American Studies” Chicano/a-Latino/a Transnational Studies Class. Pitzer College. Claremont, CA. Dec 2016.

Juventud FMLN Sur de California: Understanding the role of student and youth organizers throughout El Salvador’s revolutionary process in El Salvador and the United States. Panel on Global Capitalism with UCSB Dr. William Robinson: “What is the role of youth/students in revolutionary movements in the United States?” United Teachers of Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. Dec 2014.