Welcome! Bienvenid@s!

About Me

I am a Chicana mathematician, born in Guadalajara, Mexico and raised in the United States. Currently, I am an Assistant Professor at the California State University, East Bay.

I was born in Guadalajara, Mexico to a proud traditional Mexican family. My family and I lived for some years in Fort Worth, Texas and Las Vegas, Nevada before settling down in the golden state--California. For the most part I grew up in the California Central Valley.

After graduating from high school, I spent two years at Modesto Junior College and then transferred to California State University, Stanislaus. There I earned a B.S. in Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science. As an undergraduate I participated in the 2011 MSRI-UP summer research program. During that summer in the Berkeley hills surrounded by a diverse group of peers and mentors, I decided I wanted to earn a Ph.D. in Mathematics.

In 2012, I began the PhD program at UC, Riverside. I earned a Masters degree in 2014 and a PhD in 2018. I am now an Assistant Professor at Cal State East Bay in Hayward, California. I'm excited to be a part of the CSU system and to usher in a new generation of diverse mathematicians.

Things that I will talk to you about for hours while sipping coffee: Fractals! Functional Analysis and how to teach it. Diversity, equity and inclusion in education. Math and Social Justice. Cats and why they hate indoor plants so much. Why the CSU system is so beautifully special. Grants, grants, grants. Where to get good pupusas in the East Bay.