I am a first-generation immigrant and researcher working at the intersection of law, migration, and digital governance. My projects examine asylum systems, comparative immigration law, and the ways surveillance technologies shape immigrant lives and political activism.

 

At UCLA, I contribute to faculty-supervised research on refugee integration, transnational protest, and state use of biometric data. Beyond campus, I bring this scholarship into practice through paralegal work in asylum cases and service on Amnesty International’s Nominating Committee.

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My broader aim is to develop rigorous, interdisciplinary research that reimagines refugee protection and justice across borders, with a long-term goal of advancing international law frameworks that safeguard human rights in an era of global displacement.