about

I am a doctoral candidate working on my dissertation tentatively titled: “To Live in the Along: Transnational Youth Organizing and Intergenerational Learning”. 

My project examines the theme of identity and belonging for refugees, immigrants, and other marginalized youth across in diverse learning environments: in particular, a summer program co-designed with refugee students (2017-2024) and a coalition of youth organizing in Chicago.  I draw on frameworks of intergenerational learning, transnationalism, and spatial justice to examine how youth forge identities and belonging on their own terms. 

I completed my undergraduate degree at Northwestern University studying German and Human Development in Context in the School of Education and Social Policy. My pronouns are she/her. 

Key words: action research, co-design, culturally responsive pedagogy,  intergenerational learning, spatial justice, transnationalism,  youth organizing