Expert in Forced Migration, Displacement, Humanitarian and Development Research.
About
I research violence, gender, and forced displacement, focusing on how LGBTQI+ migrants and refugees navigate humanitarian systems. My work examines the intersection of forced migration, sexuality, and humanitarian governance, with an emphasis on resilience and solidarity amid crisis.
I am an SSHRC Doctoral Scholar completing a PhD in Geography at University College London (UCL). My research has been published in journals such as Nature Cities, Global Networks, and the Journal of Gender Studies.
University College London (UCL) · PhD in Geography
Forced Migration, LGBTQI+ Displacement, Humanitarian Governance, Gender & Violence
Toronto, Canada & London, United Kingdom
English (native), Portuguese (advanced), French (advanced)
Experience
Academic training across human geography, political science, and international development.
Research
Peer-reviewed articles, conference papers, and ongoing research projects in comparative political economy and public policy.
"Dumped in a hotel by the sea": The risks and harms of human trafficking and exploitation associated with placing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Home Office Hotels
AcceptedJournal of Social Welfare and Family Law
"Working the Pages": Entrepreneurial Livelihood Strategies of Trans Venezuelan Asylum Seekers in Brazil during COVID-19
Revise & ResubmitGender, Work & Organization
Flipping the Lens: Using Instagram for Photovoice and Videovoice With LGBTQ+ Migrants in São Paulo
2026Journal of Qualitative Inquiry
Networks of South–South Queer Forced Migration: LGBTQ+ Venezuelans in Northern Brazil During COVID-19
2025Global Networks
Combining Photovoice and Videovoice for Participatory Research: Visual Storytelling with LGBTQ+ Refugees and Migrants
2024The Journal of Participatory Research Methods
Bogotá's 'LGBTQI+ Houses' Are Transforming Support for Displaced LGBTQI+ Venezuelans
2024Nature Cities
"They Kill us Transwomen": Migration, Informal Labour and Sex Work among Trans-Venezuelan Asylum Seekers and Undocumented Migrants in Brazil during COVID-19
2022The Anti-Trafficking Review, 19
Unwelcome in Brazil: the broken promise to Venezuelan refugees
2021Humanitarian Alternatives, 18, 104–114
Surviving Overlapping Precarity in a "Gigantic Hellhole": A Case Study of Venezuelan LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers and Undocumented Migrants in Brazil amid COVID-19
2021Statelessness and Citizenship Review, 3(1), 155–162
Of Masks and Fairies: Connecting the Mounting Threats Against LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers during COVID-19 in Brazil to Anti-Gender, Anti-Gay Countermovements
2021Journal of Gender Studies
Recognition
Funded Research
Collaborative, community-engaged research on queer migration, displacement, and humanitarian governance, supported by major Canadian research funding.
Sanctuaries of Hope: Co-Creating Knowledge, Policies, Workshops and Participatory Films on South-South Queer Migration with Bogotá's Pioneering LGBTQ+ Houses
2025–2028Safe Expression: Giving Voice to LGBT Asylum Seekers amid COVID-19 in Brazil
2021–2023At the Edge of Safety: Comparing Responses to Venezuelan LGBT Refugees in Brazil and Colombia amid COVID-19
2021–2023Contact
I welcome inquiries about my research, collaboration opportunities, and academic correspondence.