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In 20 words or less, what is the best thing about being part of this department?
The department is smaller, allowing for the opportunity to connect with peers within and outside your area of focus.

What is your biggest piece of advice to first years and sophomores about getting connected to this department?
My biggest advice is to talk to your professors and be proactive. Don’t just show up to class introduce yourself, ask questions, and stay curious. You’ll have classes with different professors, so use that as a chance to build relationships. The more you engage, the more connected you’ll feel not just to the department, but to the opportunities that come with it.

What is the most valuable thing you’ve learned at K?
Historical revisions matter because it is necessary to question the perspective in which the story is being told. For the most part history is written, taught and replicated by the same individuals. Ultimately, history has a bias on what is transmitted and also protected. Therefore to truly understand the past one must understand the context in which a story is being told and focus not just on theories and texts, but on the people themselves.

What has been your favorite class at K?
WGS in Early Latin America has been one of my top classes, it was super interesting and provided so many sources that I see myself looking more into outside of the class.

What experiential education opportunities have you participated in?
I have been a student worker at the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership since my Freshmen Year. Additionally on campus I serve as co-president of Kalamazoo College Black Student Organization, Sister Circle, a board member of Conscious Consumers at K, and I serve on the Presidential Search Committee for Kalamazoo College. Outside of K I have worked with Moms Demand Action on creating a Gun Violence Youth Prevention Summit for the greater Kalamazoo community.

What is your SIP?
I plan on looking at how colonial institutions like slavery perpetuate associated legacies in contemporary mass incarceration. In order to do so I will be doing a comparative analysis of two separate case studies, the first being the United States and the other Brazil. I will analyze how both countries have carried forward the racialized logic of colonial domination into contemporary institutions. Concepts like necropolitics, racial capitalism, commodification and carceral citizenship will help explain why the prison has become a tool for social control. There will be an additional consideration of how resistance movements, and restorative justice models can challenge these systems.

What is a random fun fact about you?
My favorite color is green.