“Precarity and the Predatory Inclusion of Black Women by For-Profit Colleges” I’m geeked for this paper to be out! It’s my first solo-authored publication and it’s open access: doi.org/10.1177/089692… 😋🍉

Very happy to share the first book review I've written for Indigenous Peoples and Borders! Highly recommend it to anyone interested in Indigenous rights, international relations, and border studies. This book brings together multiple fields and research from across the globe.

Using part of my postdoc to work on my book proposal and draft the manuscript. The stories Guatemalan migrants and activists shared with me must reach a broader audience both in the U.S. and Guatemala. Using Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social ‘s book as a helpful guide. PPFP Info #CentAmStudies

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Excellent start to my second year as a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow! It’s going to be an exciting year! I am: son of Guatemalan migrants, first-gen, and Educational Opportunity Program admit at Cal Poly Humboldt. Period. Full Stop. Ethnic Studies provided purpose 🙌🏼✊🏻PPFP Info UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation

Oct 3, The Normalization of Forced Migration: Guatemala, Race, and Labor Under Global Capitalism events.berkeley.edu/clacs/event/25… I will be speaking at UC Berkeley’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies on October 3rd. 5pm CLACS Conference Room UC Berkeley #CentAmStudies

Honored to be speaking at Long Beach City College tomorrow via Zoom! 11-12:30pm LB City College

I'm ecstatic to share that starting July 2025, I'll join UC Berkeley as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the UCBerkeley Psychology Department! This is a dream come true for an immigrant from Mexico who left everything and everyone he knew behind to relocate to the US in 2013

I want to thank the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UC Berkeley for hosting me! PPFP Info

I'll see you all at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 🤓

Honoring Chicano political scientist Mario Barrera at #SPSA2025 SPSA in San Juan, Puerto Rico. ¡Pa’lante!

MY FIRST PUBLICATION JUST GOT OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED!!!! I argue that Latino voters and especially independents are often persuaded by campaign appeals on economic topics (e.g., jobs, healthcare, education) Thank you to Political Behavior and I’m excited to share the final proof soon!

Next week UCSB! Wednesday, March 19th Will be lived streamed PPFP Info @OrfaleaCenter Latin American and Iberian Studies Program, UCSB #CentAmStudies

Friday, May 2nd. Come see us present our research focused on Inland Southern California! UC Riverside UCR CHASS

July 1st marked the beginning of my new position as Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies at Scripps College and the end of my UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Santa Barbara. I am looking forward to this new chapter of my academic journey!

To understand the experience of Guatemalan workers in Los Angeles, we also need to understand the influence of racialization and global capitalism writes Julio Orellana, Ph.D. of Scripps College blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…

blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025… LSE USAPP blog Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics