Hey Forbes!  

I'm a returning RGS and fifth year PhD student in the Astrophysical Sciences Department. I was born and raised in Puerto Rico, so it goes without saying that I love the beach, being in nature, and everything about Latin American history and culture. I'm a citizen of the Osage Nation, so I also care deeply about Native American communities and the issues at hand today. 

After high school, I came to the continental US to go to Havard for undergrad, where I studied Astrophysics and Physics, with a minor in Archaeology. I then did a master’s in Archaeology of the Americas at the University of Cambridge (on a Gates Cambridge scholarship), and researched the Archaeoastronomy of the American Southwest for a year before starting here at Princeton. Within astro, I work on how to probe fundamental physics and the properties of black holes with observations of galaxies in conjunction with light from the earliest emission in the universe shortly after the Big Bang. 

As an undergrad, I participated in everything from archery to our dorm’s yearly musicals, managed an art studio with visual and ceramic art, did undergraduate research, and was the director of the student-run observatory. I also love to hike, camp, rock climb, take photos, paint, sit around a campfire with friends, and talk about all these things and more.   

I’m so excited to get to know you all this year, and can’t wait to hear about all the things you’ll do!