Conferences and Publications

Presenting research on extractivism and Indigenous rights at the University of Miami

Conference Presentations

  • “Devuélvannos el oro: La defensa territorial de las mujeres Kichwa, extractivismo y epistemologías relacionales en diálogo con el Colectivo Ayllu.” Decolonial Disruptions: Queer and Trans Art and Activism from the Caribbean and Latin American Diaspora, University of Miami, April 9, 2026.

  • “Teaching Ancestral Time: Introducing Kichwa Epistemologies in the Spanish Classroom.” Decolonial Disruptions: Queer and Trans Art and Activism from the Caribbean and Latin American Diaspora, University of Miami, April 8, 2026.

  • “Ñañapura: Embodied Resistance and Collaboration Among Kichwa Women in the Ecuadorian Amazon for the Protection of Territories and Life.” Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Conference, San Francisco, California, May 25, 2025.

  • “Cultural Productions as Environmental Advocacy Tools: Exploring the Amazonian Cosmovision of Kawsak Sacha (Living Forest).” 23rd Annual South Florida Tri-University Conference: Hemispheric Dialogues – Advancing Research in the Americas, University of Miami, March 28, 2025.

  • “Ñañapura: Exploring Sisterhood and Collaboration Among Ecuadorian Kichwa Women of the Amazon and Their Struggle to Protect Their Environment.” Congress of Ecuadorianists, Loja, Ecuador, July 19, 2024.

  • “Amazonian Women Defenders of the Rainforest Collective: Perspectives on Self-Determination and the Defense of Their Territories.” Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Conference, Bogotá, Colombia, June 14, 2024.

  • “Helena from Sarayaku: Bridging the Divide between Legal Ideals and Environmental Reality in Ecuador.” Rethinking Latin America: New Journeys Across Film and Literature, University of Warwick, United Kingdom (Online), April 27, 2024.

  • “La representación del cuerpo violentado en ‘Cuerpo presente’ de Siomara España.” Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Conference, Vancouver, Canada, May 25, 2023.

  • “Indigenous Women of the Ecuadorian Amazon: The First Line of Defense of Their Territory.” NAGIS Conference: A New Era in Native American and Global Indigenous Studies, University of Miami, April 25, 2023.

  • “The Kichwa Diaspora in New York: An Identity on the Move.” Graduate Student Conference: Transcultural Expressions: Conflict, Identity and Revitalization in Multicultural Spheres, University of Miami, March 2, 2023.

  • “Colectivo LasTesis: Cuerpo, calle y movilidad.” Symposium on Gender, History, and Sexuality, University of Texas at Austin (Online), October 1, 2022.

  • “¿Puede el pueblo Waorani interceder en favor de su tierra y evitar que el capitalismo la destruya?” XXIII Congreso de Ecuatorianistas, Azogues, Ecuador, July 22, 2022.

Invited Talks and Guest Lectures

  • Panelist, “Indigenous Grammatical Substrates of Quechuan Discourse Communities.” American Society for Ethnohistory Conference, San Antonio, Texas, October 9, 2025.

  • “Horizontal Collaboration with the Achimamas of Amupakin: The Ñañapura Theory in Action.” Discussion on Violence Against Women, Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi, Pujilí Extensión, Ecuador, August 1, 2024.

  • Screening of the “Ñañapura” Documentary Trailer. Special Session for SPA 322: Latin America and the Environment, sponsored by Native American and Global Indigenous Studies (NAGIS), University of Miami, April 11, 2024.

  • “Ñañapura: Exploring Sisterhood and Collaboration Among Ecuadorian Kichwa Women of the Amazon and Their Struggle to Protect Their Environment.” MLL Lecture Series, University of Miami, April 5, 2024.

Publications

  • “Producciones culturales como herramientas de defensa del medio ambiente: Una exploración a la cosmovisión amazónica ecuatoriana del kawsak sacha (la selva viviente).” Pie de Página 15 (2025): 55–92.

  • “Colectivo LasTesis: Cuerpo, calle y movilidad.” Alba de América 41 (2024): 151–166.

  • “¡Mujer, levántate!”, “Carta a un humano.” Sigma Delta Pi (Épsilon Beta Chapter) Revista Al principio, Cuaderno XXXIV (2019): 12–13.

Thesis and Dissertation Research

  • PhD Dissertation: Ñañapura: Embodied Resistance to Epistemic Erasure and Extractivist Development Among Kichwa Women in the Ecuadorian Amazon. University of Miami, 2026.

  • MA Thesis: Ese brote de llanto y melancolía: Una indagación emocional sobre el suicidio en la obra de Medardo Ángel Silva. Texas State University, 2020.