Hi! I’m Lourdes. I am a Chicago-based social scientist, educator, and artist. Born and raised in Tucson, Arizona and indelibly shaped by the Borderlands, I am broadly interested in prejudice and stereotyping directed against spaces that are racialized as Mexican, as well as how Mexican American people engage in resistance through placemaking practices.

I am currently a social psychology Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern University working under Dr. Galen Bodenhausen and Dr. Onnie Rogers. I will complete my dissertation in Spring 2027. I received my M.S. in Psychology from Northwestern in 2025, my B.S. in Psychological Science from the University of Arizona in 2021, and my A.A. from Pima Community College in 2019.