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 Fellowship Postdoctoral scholar at 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 Universitar

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, Associate Professor, Languages (San Joaquín Delta College)
• 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)
• Mario Suárez, PhD Student, Social Sciences (COLEF)

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 (Law and International Relations) (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)
• Mara Uriol Garate, PhD student, Spanish and Portuguese (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, Chicano Studies (UC Davis)
• Tomas A. Flores, BA Student, Cinema and Digital Media (UC Davis)
• Carol Pérez, BA Student, Spanish and Chicanx Studies (UC Davis)
• Sandra Pulido, PhD Student, Spanish (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, BA Student, Psychology (UC Davis)
• Casey Medina, BS Student, Biology (UC Davis)
• Rosemarie Montoya Ochoa, BA Student, Political Science (UC Davis)
• Jesús González, BA Student, Spanish (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, Profesor/ Researcher (Tec de Monterrey)
• Roberto Domínguez Cáceres, Profesor/ 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
• Javier Contreras, Case Section Coordinator (Instituto Jaliscience para Migrantes)
• Padre José Juan Cervantes, Codirector (Casa Scalabrini Guadalajara)
• 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 

• 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)

Legal Advisers:

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