Assistant Professor | Data Analytics & Geography
Bard College
I am an educator and multidisciplinary researcher whose work bridges geography, planning, data science, and economics. My scholarship and teaching center on questions of spatial and environmental justice, integrating data science methodologies with critical analysis of social and spatial processes. I am Chicano and a Kansas Citian at heart, with roots in the historic Westside of Kansas City, Missouri, and in the Mexican railroad worker communities of eastern Kansas.
Bio
I am a geographer and data scientist studying how social, economic, and environmental processes structure the uneven distribution of resources essential to a dignified life. Starting in July 2026, I will be joining Bard College as an Assistant Professor of Data Analytics and Geography. I am currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Data Analytics and Environmental Studies at Bard College. Previously, I was a Visiting Instructor for Geographic Information Systems at Bard College and Research Associate with the Open Society University Network (OSUN) Economic Democracy Initiative. My research examines how economics, planning practice, and data infrastructures shape disparities in housing, infrastructure, and environmental quality—and how communities respond to them.
Spatial Analysis & Society Lab
Launched in summer 2025, the Spatial Analysis & Society Lab supports academic and applied research on housing, infrastructure, environmental quality, and uneven urban development. The lab examines how economics, planning practice, and data infrastructures shape spatial inequality and difference, as well as how communities organize, adapt, and respond.
As of fall 2025, five Bard College undergraduate research assistants have participated in the lab. Through this work, students gain training in interdisciplinary research, spatial analysis, qualitative and quantitative data collection, and community-engaged research practice. Current projects focus on formal eviction, gentrification, displacement, and applied research with communities in New York and the Kansas City, KS–MO region.
Education
University of Missouri | Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Ph.D. Candidate in Economics & Geosciences | Dec 2025