I am a fifth-year Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. My primary focus is Comparative Politics, with a minor in Interpretive Methods and American Politics.

Before starting the graduate program at Rutgers University, I earned a B.A. in Political Science and a curriculum sequence in International Relations from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.

My main scholarly interests are (1) civil society, social movements, and protest politics and (2) the relationship between politics and culture. I study the creation, meaning, and display of different versions of symbols, specifically national flags. My regional focus is Latin America and the Caribbean.