I am a Cornell Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Global Development and a Global Research Fellow at the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University. My interdisciplinary background draws from a Ph.D. and M.A. in Geography from Clark University and a foundation in Sociology and Environmental Development from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP).  I have been a Visiting Scholar at KU Leuven (Belgium) and Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia).

Drawing from political ecology, development studies, and critical resource geographies, my work explores how grassroots communities leverage their knowledge and governance to forge sustainable futures in environments profoundly affected by extractive economies in Latin America.

My doctoral dissertation approached this question through a comparative mining governance research, examining the cases of Peru and Colombia. Through a multi-sited ethnography covering the Southern Andes, the Amazon, and the Pacific Lowlands of Chocó, I exposed the disputed meanings surrounding adequate mining practices. To learn more, visit my research and publications pages.

Currently, I am leading a postdoctoral project in collaboration with the Shipibo-Conibo nation in Peruvian Amazonia. We aim to center Indigenous governance in post-mining recovery, particularly in areas deeply transformed by alluvial mining. I have co-founded the Reparation Ecologies Working Group at Cornell to discuss this and similar efforts.

Several awards have supported my research, including the Melbourne Research Scholarship (University of Melbourne), the Beca Andina (Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos), the Edna Bailey Sussman Fund Graduate Research Fellowship (with merit), the Cornell Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowship, and various intramural funds.

When I am not in the field or the classroom, you can find me hitting the road for a run or playing catch with Raymi—the most intrepid corgi shepherd.