I was born and raised in a small city surrounded by the Sonoran Desert in Northwestern Mexico.  I moved to the United States to join the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans’ work team in its Tucson headquarters in December 2015. Two years later, in January 2018, I joined the Arizona Institute for Resilience at the University of Arizona as the Program Coordinator for the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice.

In 2022, after almost five years, I started working at Confluence Center for Creative Inquiry under the Office of Research and Partnerships at the University of Arizona. I have spent over 16 years advocating for communities and creating and nurturing partnerships among academia, public and private institutions, and community members in the US Southwest and Northern Mexico. I have designed and led educational and research community-driven projects.

I am also an avid reader, writer, and photographer. Although I must confess that I read more than I write and imagine more photos than I take—I listen to less music, and dance even less than I used to—but now I ride my bicycle more than I ever did as a child. I am a fronterizo; I am a migrant. I come from Hermosillo; I am a provinciano.