I am a Black queer feminist and cultural anthropologist with sub-disciplinary specializations in medical anthropology, Black queer studies, Black feminist studies, and reproductive justice studies. My intellectual work analyzes the intersections of anti-Blackness, heteronormativity, medicine, trauma, resistance, and freedom. I intervene, broadly, to understand forms of hidden, silenced power and the abuse of power in gynecology and medicine. My past clinical practice of seventeen years as a Physician Assistant (neurosurgery, internal medicine, HIV care, hematology/oncology, and pain management) critically informs my research, publications, collaborations, and public phasing, and design work. The convergence of my clinical expertise with a social science, humanistic scholarly endeavors is an invaluable, unique asset for intellectual and public impact into the Austin community as well as with international and transnational far-reaching outcomes. My research and professional trajectories inform my public engagement and creative work, which is steered toward social justice in medicine and raising public awareness. At UT Austin, I have developed Gxnecologx Justice Lab (https://www.gxnecologx.org), a Black feminist laboratory for research and design, publicly launched in December 2023.  

I identify as Black Puerto Rican born and raised in New York City; and also partly raised in Puerto Rico with my grandparents as a child.

Life is full of journeys and wonders. 

I love rivers, lakes and the ocean.

she/her pronouns