Principal Investigators

Project Coordinator:
Robert Irwin, Professor, Spanish and Portuguese (UC Davis)

Site Coordinators:

Tijuana
Guillermo Alonso Meneses, Professor, Cultural Studies (COLEF)
Juan Antonio Del Monte, Professor, Cultural Studies (COLEF)
Mexico City/Mexico State:
Maricruz Castro Ricalde, Professor/Researcher, Humanities and Education (Tec de Monterrey)
Guadalajara/Jalisco
Luis Rodolfo Morán Quiroz, Professor, Sociology (U de Guadalajara)
Ciudad Juárez
Abraham Paniagua Vázquez, Director, School of Political and Social Sciences (UA de Chihuahua)
Monterrey
Cristina Reynaga, Professor, Humanidades y Educación (Tecnológico de Monterrey)
Tapachula/Chiapas
Ernesto Zarco, UC MEXUS Postdoctoral Scholar, Global Migration Center (UC Davis)
Ecuador
María José Gutiérrez, PhD Student, Spanish and Portuguese (UC Davis)
Colombia
Kelly Muñoz Balcázar, Professor, Social Sciences and Politics, Fundación Universitaria de Popayán
Nueva York
Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana, Profesora Asistente, Estudios Negros y Latinos, (Baruch College, City University of New York)

Board of Directors:

• Karla Chacón Reynosa, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas 
• Miroslava Chávez García, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Catherine Ramírez, University of California, Santa Cruz 
• Jesikah Maria Ross, Capital Public Radio, Sacramento 
• Aída Silva Hernández, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Tijuana 
• Graciela Zamudio, Alma Migrante, Tijuana 

Research Team:

Tijuana

• Jocelín Mariscal Agreda, researcher, Migration Legislation and Policy Observatory (COLEF)
• Ana Luisa Calvillo,  PhD Student, Education, Arts and Humanities (UA de Chihuahua)
• Lizbeth de la Cruz, PhD Student, Spanish  (UC Davis)
• Sarah Hart, PhD Student, Performance Studies (UC Davis)
• Jessica Ordaz, Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies (U Colorado Boulder)
• Yairamaren Román Maldonado, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Berkeley)
• Danae Valenzuela, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Marlené Mercado, PhD Student, Cultural Studies (UC Davis)
• Marinka Swift, PhD Student, Linguistics (UC Davis)
• Dörte Kresbsbach, MA Student, Latin American Studies and Migration Studies (Freie Universität Berlin/COLEF)
• José Israel Ibarra González, PhD Student, Migration Studies (COLEF)
• Isaac Ismael Rivera, Independent Scholar
• Alia DeBurro, MA Student, Spanish, (UC Davis)
• Brooke Kipling, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Kyle Proehl, PhD Student, Comparative Literature (UC Davis)
• Ross Hernández, PhD Student, Comparative Literature (UC Davis)
• Ernesto Zarco, UC MEXUS Postdoctoral Scholar (UC Davis)
• Leopoldo Peña, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Irvine)
• Mary Kate Coleman, Fulbright Scholar
• Juan Antonio del Monte, Professor/Researcher, Cultural Studies (COLEF)
• John Guzmán Aguilar, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Oscar Moreno, MFA Student, (University of Texas, El Paso)
• Esther Morales, Entrepreneur
• Loraine Morales Pino,  PhD Student, Migration Studies (COLEF)
• Gaba Cortés, Community Artivist
• Mariana Villarreal Gaspar, MA Student, Cultural Studies (COLEF)
• Tania Maldonado Flores, MA Student, Cultural Studies (COLEF)
• Monserrat Márquez García, MA Student, Regional Development (COLEF)
• Pia Berghoff, PhD Student, Social Anthropology (Freie Universität Berlin)
• Ernesto Castañeda, MIA student, School of Global Policy and Strategy (UC San Diego)
• Jared Hernández, MIA student, School of Global Policy and Strategy (UC San Diego)
• Lucas Ruppel, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Ricardo Aguilar, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Chandler Thompson, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Yuliet Bedoya Rangel, Professor, Political Science and International Relations (U Autónoma de Nuevo León)
• Dales Louissaint, BA student, Law (U Autónoma de Baja California)
• Carla Portillo, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Jesús Galán Díaz, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Harumi Arvizu Nansen, BS Student, Managerial Economics (UC Davis)
• Mario Suárez, PhD Student, Social Sciences (COLEF)
• Sophia Mares de Juan, MA Student, International Conflict Management, Universidad de Salamanca
• Sandra Pulido, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Mara Uriol Garate, PhD student, Spanish (UC Davis)

California 

• Yunuen Gómez Ocampo, Research assistant, English (UC Santa Barbara/CONACYT)
• Lizbeth de la Cruz, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Sarah Hart, PhD Student, Performance Studies (UC Davis)
• Jesús Galán Díaz, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Jazmín Aceves, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis) 
• Ana Magdaleno, MA Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Alia DeBurro, MA Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Evelyn Linares, BA Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Rachelle Carrillo, BA Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Yaneli Muñoz, BA Student, Education (UC Davis)
• Jocelyn Vera, BA  Student, Sociology & Spanish (UC Davis)
• Montserrat Vargas Torres, BS Student, Aerospace Engineering (UC Davis)
• Rigo Nava, Alumnus, BA in History (UC Davis)
• John Guzmán Aguilar, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• José Solorio Ramírez, BS Student, Computer Science (UC Davis)
• Antonio Solorio Ramírez, BA Student, Economics (UC Berkeley)
• Amelia Fenk, BA Student, Spanish (UC, Davis)
• Lucio Lira,  BA Student, Psychology &  Spanish (UC Davis)
• Claudia Tang,  BA & BS Student, Biological Sciences & Spanish (UC Davis)
• Mariana Galindo-Vega,  BA Student, Sociology &  Spanish (UC Davis)
• Emma Ramos Reyna, BA Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Sabrina Habchi, BA Student, Political Science (UC Davis)
• Vanessa Campos, BA Student, Sociology, Spanish, & Chicanx Studies (UC Davis)
• Evelyn Enciso, BA Student, Spanish & Politics (UC Davis)
• Aida Lizalde Sánchez, Alumnus, BA in Art Studio (UC Davis)
• Amalia Montes, BA Student, Sociology & Chicana/o Studies (UC Davis)
• Kareli Mendez Morales, BA Student, Human Development (UC Davis)
• Mariana Alvarado-Soria, BA Student, Political Science-Public Service & Spanish (UC Davis)
• Maureen Burdock, PhD Student, Cultural Studies (UC Davis)
• Sarah Camacho, BA Student, Sociology and Spanish (UC Davis)
• Dahlia Sandoval, BA Student, Psychology and Spanish (UC Davis)
• Adamaris Ramirez-Diaz, BA Student, International Relations (UC Davis)
• Vanessa González, BA Student, Psychology and Spanish (UC Davis)
• Cassie Tadeo, BA Student, Political Science and Spanish (UC Davis)
• Aaron Gutierrez, Alumnus, BA in Political Science (UC Davis)
• Salvador López, BA Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Valencia Scott, BA Student, Anthropology and International Relations (UC Davis)
• Alma Karen Rosas Rodríguez, BA Student, History (UC Davis)
• Nickolas Barba, BA Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Maria Teresa Pescador Osorio, BA Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Cintia Arechiga Ramírez, BA Student, Sociology and Chicanx Studies (UC Davis)
• Ani Braude, BA Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Sage Lauwerys, BA Student, Human Development  (UC Davis)
• Myra Casillas, BA Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Ruth Martinez, BA Student, Sociology, Spanish and Education (UC Davis)
• Marissa Nunez, BA Student, Biology (UC Davis)
• Mariadelsol Mora, BA Student, Sociology and Chicanx Studies (UC Davis)
• Fabiola Valdez Cordero, BA Student, Spanish, Sociology and Education (UC Davis)
• Itzel Perez, BA Student, Sociology (UC Davis)
• Mrinalini Singh, BS Student, Cognitive Science (UC Davis)
• Hannia Barrera, BS Student, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior (UC Davis)
• Sergio Domínguez, BA Student, Spanish and Human Development (UC Davis)
• Briana Vargas, BA student, International Relations and Communication (UC Davis)
• Oana Alexan Katz, Independent researcher and fundraising specialist
• Xiaoyu Cai, BA student, Linguistics and Spanish (UC Davis)
• Abril Sánchez, BA student, Spanish and Sociology (UC Davis)
• Yazmín Muñoz, BA student, Spanish and Education (UC Davis)
• Jasmín Méndez Flores, BA student, Spanish and Psychology (UC Davis)
• Jannet Torres Espinoza, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Jazmín García, BA Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Shinal Kumar, BS Student, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (UC Davis)
• Amanda Limón, BA Student, Psychology and Spanish (UC Davis)
• Cynthia Macías, BA Student, Spanish and Psychology (UC Davis)
• Yasury Melgoza, BA Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Argelia Mendoza, BA Student, Linguistics (UC Davis)
• Barub Mendoza, BA Student, Spanish and Psychology (UC Davis)
• Karina Rocha, BA Student, English (UC Davis)
• Gabriel A. Valdovinos, Alumnus, BA in International Relations and Spanish (UC Davis)
• Samantha Shepherd, BA Student, Mathematical and Scientific Computation, Spanish and Accounting (UC Davis)
• Nerea Goni, Alumnus, BA & BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Spanish (UC Davis)
• Jennifer Vazquez Linares, BA Student, Linguistics and Spanish (UC Davis)
• Haley Williams, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Emma Padilla-Zavala, BA & BS Student, Spanish, Education & Animal Science (UC Davis)
• Gabriela Villalobos, BA Student, Linguistics (UC Davis)
• Audrey Maskiewicz, Alumnus, BA in Biology and Spanish (UC Davis)
• Briana Vargas, BA Student, International Relations and Communication (UC Davis)
• Sofia Biren, BA Student, Political Science and Spanish (UC Davis)
• Sonel Kedia, BA Student, Psychology and Spanish (UC Davis)
• Lizet Guzman, BA Student, International Relations and Spanish (UC Davis)
• Kate Boyce, BA Student, International Relations and Spanish (UC Davis)
• Kaelyn Nerey, BA Student, Spanish and Communications (UC Davis)
• Liliya Galenkova Riggs, PhD student, Comparative Literature (UC Davis)
• Eli Streicker-Hirt, BA Student, Spanish and International Relations (UC Davis)
• Elena Aquino, BS Student, Animal Science (UC Davis)
• Montserrat Arambula, BA Student, Spanish and Psychology (UC Davis)
• Kevin Castro, BA Student (UC Davis)
• María Galarza, BS Student, Psychology (UC Davis)
• Bianca González, BA Student, Spanish and Chicanx Studies (UC Davis)
• Balint Szigeti Csucs, BS Student, Civil Engineering (UC Davis)
• Galilea Villagrana, BS Student, Managerial Economics (UC Davis)
• Santiago Eslava Bejerano, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Karime Yamile Lozano, BA Student, Sociology and Spanish (UC Davis)
• Sydney Alper, BA Student, International Relations (UC Davis)
• Ivana Perez, BA Student, Communications (UC Davis)
• Joanna Heredia, BA Student, International Relations (UC Davis)
• Harumi Arvizu Nansen, BS Student, Managerial Economics (UC Davis)
• Christopher López, BA Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Mariana Pérez Sierra, BA Student, International Relations and Chicanx Studies (UC Davis)
• Edgar Alejandro Ibáñez, BA Student, Chicanx Studies (UC Davis)
• Tomas A. Flores, BA Student, Cinema and Digital Media (UC Davis)
• Carol Pérez, BA Student, Spanish and Chicanx Studies (UC Davis)
• Carla Portillo, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Leydi Hernández, MA Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Marisol Padilla, BS Student, Biology (UC Davis)
• Allison Cunningham, BS Student, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior (UC Davis)
• Joe Lenngin, BA Student, Mathematics (UC Davis)
• Nayla Rivera Santiago, BS Student, Civil Engineering (UC Davis)
• Gwyn Azar, BS Student, Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning (UC Davis)
• Sahar Alaei, BS Student, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior (UC Davis)
• Samantha Waldron, BA Student, Psychology (UC Davis)
• Casey Medina, BS Student, Biology (UC Davis)
• Esmeralda Rivera, Estudiante BA, Español (UC Davis)
• Rosemarie Montoya Ochoa, BA Student, Political Science (UC Davis)
• Jesús González, BA Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Mariana Moreno, BA Student, Spanish/Psychology (UC Davis)
• Itzelh Hernández, BA Student, History/Spanish (UC Davis)
• Christina Barriga, BA Student, Spanish, UC Davis
• Ashley Borunda, BS student, Biology, UC Davis
• Hannia Evangelista, BS student, Biology, UC Davis
• Itzel Galicia, BA student, Political Science, UC Davis
• Anahí García, BA student, Psychology, UC Davis
• Alejandra López, BS student, Cellular Biology, UC Davis
• Sebastián López, BS student, Cognitive Science, UC Davis
• Kenia Martínez, BS student, Chemistry, UC Davis
• Emmanuel Ortiz, BS student, Civil Engineering, UC Davis
• Tobías Rocha, BA student, Russian, UC Davis
• Ana Salazar, BS student, Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, UC Davis
• Valeria Tinoco, BS student, Molecular and Medical Microbiology, UC Davis
• Megan McGinty, BS, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UC Davis
• Erika Samayoa, BA, Spanish/International Relations, UC Davis
• Sofía Hosseinzadeh, BA, History, UC Davis
• Lesley Reyes, BA, Spanish, UC Davis
• Alonzo Díaz, BA, Spanish/Linguistics, UC Davis
• Daisy Lemus, BA, Political Science/Spanish, UC Davis
• Miles García, BS, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, UC Davis
• Nancy Jocelyne Michel, BA Student, Spanish, UC Davis
• Rodrigo Álvarez, BA Student, Communication, UC Davis
• Allen Santos, BS Student, Psychology, UC Davis
• Jazmín García, BA Student, Spanish/Chicanx Studies, UC Davis
• Rocío Luna Ayala, BA Student, International Relations, UC Davis
• J Bañuelos, BS Student, Physiology, UC Davis
• Oliver Dzul, BA Student, Spanish, UC Davis
• Eva Benzan, BA Student, Spanish/Political Science, UC Davis
• Maya López, BA Student, Spanish/Political Science, UC Davis
• Abril Martínez, BS Student, Managerial Economics, UC Davis
• Camino Torres, BS Student, Community and Regional Development, UC Davis
• Mara Pecson, BA Student, Psychology, UC Davis
• Alondra Orozco, BA Student, Linguistics, UC Davis
• Isabella Rioja, BA Student, Social Sciences, UC Davis
• Lucas Koball, BA Student, Spanish/Psychology, UC Davis
• Makenna Cabrera, UC Davis
• Olivia Chilelli, UC Davis
• Juliette Taylor, UC Davis

Ciudad de México 

• John Guzmán Aguilar, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• María José Gutiérrez, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Dubravka Sužnjević, Independent Scholar
• Óscar Miranda Villanueva, Professor/ Researcher (Tec de Monterrey)
• Roberto Domínguez Cáceres, Professor/ Researcher, Humanities and Education  (Tec de Monterrey)
• Jacob Bañuelos Capistrán, Professor/ Researcher, Humanities and Education (Tec de Monterrey)
• Ailyn Ríos, BA Student, Communication and Journalism (UNAM)
• Aida Lizalde, Alumnus, BA in Arts (UC, Davis)
• Anna Paola Millán Barrueta, BA Student, Communication and Digital Media (Tec de Monterrey Edo. de México)
• Estefanía Juárez Ruiz, BA Student, Communication and Digital Media (Tec de Monterrey Edo. de México)
• Mauricio Alejandro Medrano Castro, BA Student, Communication and Digital Media (Tec de Monterrey Edo. de México)
• Tania Izveth Aguirre Ortega, BA Student, Communication and Digital Media (Tec de Monterrey Edo. de México)
• Pedro Luis Larios Dominguez, BA Student, Communication and Digital Media (Tec de Monterrey Edo. de México)
• Denisse Anahí Guerrero Rodríguez, BA Student, Communication and Digital Media (Tec de Monterrey Edo. de México)
• Diego Ezequiel Salas Nolasco, BA Student, International Relations (Tec de Monterrey Edo. de México)
• Karla Mariana García Camargo, BA Student, Communication and Digital Media (Tec de Monterrey Edo. de México)
• Brandon Tapia García, BA Student, International Relations (Tec de Monterrey Edo. de México)
• Rosa Hilda Lara Sandoval, BA Student, International Relations (Tec de Monterrey Edo. de México)
• Daniela Monserrat Ozuna González, BA Student, Communication and Digital Media (Tec de Monterrey Edo. de México)
• Anayansi Alexia Tafoya Soto, BA Student, Communication and Digital Media (Tec de Monterrey Edo. de México)

Guadalajara

• Enrique Martínez Curiel, Profesor/ Researcher, Social Sciences and Humanities (U de Guadalajara Centro Universitario de los Valles)
• Patricia Gascón, Director of Migrant Services (Zapópan City Hall)
• José Brian Guzmán, BA Student, Sociology (U de Guadalajara)
• Pedro Magallón, Independent Scholar
• Antonio Mena, Independent Scholar
• Lizbeth de la Cruz, Phd Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Ana Lucía Magdaleno, MA Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• María de Lourdes García Curiel, Professor/ Researcher, Social Communication (U de Guadalajara)
• Karla Irán Hurtado García, Student, Bachillerato Unitario (U de Guadalajara)
• María del Carmen Lizárraga Ramos, BA Student, Sociology (U de Guadalajara)
• Salvador Leetoy López, Professor/ Researcher, Media and Digital Culture (Tec de Monterrey, Guadalajara)
• Juan Gerardo Castillo García, BA Student, Communication and Digital Media (Tec de Monterrey, Guadalajara)
• Juan Carlos Guízar Ramírez, BA Student, Marketing (Tec de Monterrey, Guadalajara)
• Gerardo Huerta Ruiz, BA Student, Art and Digital Design (Tec de Monterrey, Guadalajara)
• Mariajosé Díaz Calero Aceves, BA Student, Industrial Design (Tec de Monterrey, Guadalajara)
• Isaac Jahaziel Cabrera García, BA Student, Communication and Digital Media (Tec de Monterrey, Guadalajara)
• Gladys Melissa Martínez Pérez, BA Student, Communication and Digital Media (Tec de Monterrey, Guadalajara)
• Lizeth Anahí Ortiz García, BA Student, Communication and Digital Media (Tec de Monterrey, Guadalajara)
• Santiago Miguez Rodríguez, BA Student,Communication and Digital Media (Tec de Monterrey, Guadalajara)
• Dylan Ricardo Astilla Lara, BA Student, Communication and Digital Media (Tec de Monterrey, Guadalajara)

Ciudad Juárez

• Emilio López Reyes, Professor, Political and Social Sciences (U Autónoma de Chihuahua)
• Daniel Sierra, Professor, Political and Social Sciences (U Autónoma de Chihuahua)
• Mario Ávila Melgar, MA Student, Public Action and Social Development (COLEF/Programa Compañeros)
• Marlené Mercado, PhD Student, Cultural Studies (UC Davis)
• Josefa Melgar Bayardo, Professor/ Researcher, Coordinator, Business Management (U Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez)
• María Inés Barrios de la O, PhD Student, Migration Studies (COLEF)
• Zurisadai González de León, BA Student, Communication Sciences (UACH)
• Alexandra Molina García, BA Student, Communication Sciences (UACH)
• Minerva Rosario Hernández Saucedo, BA Student, Communication Sciences (UACH)
• Jesus Aarón Navarrete Bernal, BA Student, Communication Sciences (UACH)
• Melissa Fernanda Ramírez Mota, BA Student, Communication Sciences (UACH)
• Anna Daniela Vélez Arroyo, BA Student, International Relations (UACH)
• Mónica Analy Ruiz Regalado, BA Student, International Relations (UACH)
• Benjamin Rangel, Research Secretary (UACH)

Monterrey

• Adriana Castro Aguirre, Coordinator, Master’s in Education Technology (Tec de Monterrey)
• Juan Manuel Fernández Cárdenas, Professor/ Researcher, Humanities and Education (Tec de Monterrey)
• Sandra Gudiño Paredes, Professor/ Researcher, Humanities and Education (Tec de Monterrey)
• Yuliet Bedoya Rangel, Professor, Political Science and International Relations (U Autónoma de Nuevo León)

Tapachula/Chiapas 

• Brooke Kipling, PhD Student, Spanish (UC Davis)
• Ross Hernández, PhD Student, Comparative Literature (UC Davis)
• Karla Deyanir Sarmiento Aguilar, MA Student, Cultural Studies (UNACH)
• Jeison Andrés Cortés Zuñiga, MA Student, Cultural Studies (UNACH)
• Norma Lorena Guichard Lozada, MA Student, Cultural Studies (UNACH)
• Ana Luisa Calvillo Vázquez, Instructor/Researcher, Universidad Tecnológica Latinoamericana

Colombia

• Iván Camilo Henao, Instructor, Social Communication, Fundación Universitaria de Popayán

Legal Advisers:

• Leticia Saucedo, Professor, UC Davis Law School
• Raquel Aldana, Professor, UC Davis Law School
• Kathia Quiros, GWP Immigration Law