I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Anthropology and Sociology Department at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

My course offerings include Cultural Anthropology, Health in Cultural Perspectives, and Sociology/Anthropology of Gender, among others. My courses focus on themes such as gender-based violence, inequalities in healthcare and social service systems, cross-cultural perspectives on the body and health, globalization, and migration.

I am an active member of the Society for Applied Anthropology, the Society for Medical Anthropology, and the American Anthropological Association.

My research interests include the intersection of gender-based violence with health, disability, aging, and immigration. My current project focuses on understanding how immigrant Latina women receiving services for domestic violence in the U.S. combine evangelical Christianity with social and health services to move forward through violence. Through this study, I am investigating domestic violence from a life-course perspective by considering the long-term effects of violence and how social services can better accommodate aging survivors and survivors with disabilities.

I regularly present my work at academic conferences as well as collaborate on research with social work researchers and social service and health practitioners. My previous research project centered around domestic violence services in Uruguay.