Publications

“Local and Indigenous Knowledge, Innovation, and Sustainable Development: Creating Sustainable Futures Amidst Crisis Conditions at the Community Level.” (2026).

“Plan Mano Dura: A Punctuated Political Act? Addressing Gang Violence in El Salvador” in the Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs. (2025).

Chapter 5: Natural Resource Management in Oregon, from the volume "Oregon 2050: Planning a Better Future.” (2024).

“Un Paso Pa’delante: Notions of Economic Success in Three Salvadoran Advertising Agencies in the Face of Dollarization.” (2015).

ALL RISE Issue 1: I still Exist (2020).

Education

Portland State University, Ph.D. in Public Affairs and Policy, Sustainable Development in Crisis Conditions, 2026.

Portland State University, Master of Public Policy, Sustainable Development, 2021.

California State University Long Beach, MA of Applied Cultural Anthropology, 2015.

University of Alaska Anchorage, BA in Anthropology, 2011.

Awards
Cannes Lions 2013, Bronze Media Lion, CMPB “Bedtime”

Jay Chiat Awards 2013, Silver Jay Chiat for Regional Strategy, CMPB “Bedtime”

AHAA 2013, Hispanic Account Planning Awards 2013, GOLD, Best Strategic Thinking in the Creative Development for a Product or Service, CMPB “Bedtime”

AHAA 2013, Hispanic Account Planning Awards 2013, SILVER, Best Strategic Thinking in the Development of an Integrated Communications Plan, CMPB “Bedtime”

AHAA 2014, Hispanic Account Planning Awards 2014, SILVER, Best Strategic Thinking: Hispanic Strategy – CMPB “Brave”

Cannes Lions 2017, Digital Craft/Experience Design Shortlist, Nike “Trial Zone“