Bio

See my CV here.

Born and raised in Mexico, I finished high school in the western suburbs of Chicago before pursuing my undergraduate studies at Northwestern University.  With a major in philosophy and minors in critical theory and Latin American history, I mainly studied European philosophy, especially the German critical tradition from Kant to Habermas.

The atmosphere of intellectual camaraderie that I found among my peers, coupled with the support that I received from mentors and research opportunity programs (such as Mellon-Mays), made it possible for me to continue my studies.

For my graduate studies, however, I wanted to study philosophy beyond the European tradition. I found a transdisciplinary approach under the guidance of Nelson Maldonado-Torres in the Program in Comparative Literature at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. There I embraced the decolonial turn and focused on Latin American and Caribbean philosophy.

At Rutgers, I also earned a certificate in Women’s & Gender Studies and won the Erna Neuse Prize for Best Graduate Essay in German Studies. My scholarship and pedagogy were similarly shaped by spaces of collaboration, such as the Advanced Institute for Critical Caribbean Studies, the Decoloniality Workshop, and a 2-year inter-university reading group hosted by Drucilla Cornell. My last year at Rutgers I was a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellow in philosophy.

In 2020, I became Assistant Professor at DePaul‘s Department of Philosophy and was also awarded the American Philosophical Association’s Essay Prize in Latin American Thought. I am elated to be part of an intellectual community known for its commitment to the study of Latin American philosophy.

Outside of my research and teaching, I am on the advisory boards for DePaul’s Honors Program and DePaul’s Center for Religion, Culture and Community. I am also a member of the Coordinating Collective of the Latin American Philosophy of Education Society, and take part in various mentoring and community engagement projects that seek the advancement of underrepresented groups in higher education and the welfare of Latinx communities.