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I am an assistant professor of international security and law at George Mason University’s Schar School for Policy and Government. I study power dynamics in the international order and international security institutions, focusing particularly on Latin America’s role in strategically shaping norms of humanitarian intervention, nuclear governance, and regulations on emerging technologies with security applications.

I am an affiliate at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University & an adjunct non-resident fellow at the Program on Nuclear Issues (PONI) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

My work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Perspectives on Politics, International Affairs, the Cambridge Review of International Affairs, and Third World Quarterly. I have used my academic research to inform pieces I have published in policy-oriented outlets like The Washington Post, War on the Rocks, and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

I previously was a Martin J. Sherwin Fellow with the History and Public Policy Program at the Wilson Center (2023), a Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2022), and a Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow with funding from the MacArthur Foundation (2022-2023) at CISAC. I hold a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. in International Relations from El Colegio de México. I was a junior advisor to the Mexican Vice-Minister for Latin American Affairs before joining the Ph.D. program at Hopkins.

I am a member of international research communities studying international security, where I bring in my expertise on the Global South’s preferences, interests, and strategies. I regularly present my work at academic conferences, think tank workshops, and United Nations events.