Alumni

Alizee Natsoulis

My name is Alizée Natsoulis, I'm a 4th year at UCLA studying Human Biology and Society and minoring in Geospatial Information Systems. The Mapping Spatial Inequality project merges my interest in public health and social justice with my interest in GIS. I believe maps are a powerful tool to visualize data and make research findings accessible to the general public, bringing to light social problems such as the spatial mismatch between immigrant needs and service provision.

Stephanie Peng

Graduate Student Researcher
BIMI Team

Stephanie is a Political Science PhD Student at UC Berkeley. Her interests include the partisan polarization of immigration policy and immigration courts, as well the determinants of voting behavior among immigrants and their children. She hopes that her research will help inform the mobilization and political representation of low-propensity voters. Before coming to Berkeley, she worked in electoral campaigning and K-12 education.

Michelle Phillips

Ph.D Candidate, Sociology

I am a 6th-year Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at UC Berkeley, with my current research focusing on the intersection of business, politics, migration and human rights, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. I do my research with a thirst for knowledge and a passion for social justice, focusing on questions ranging from the role of state in international trade and migration, the effectiveness of particular policies as well as their unintended consequences, to the impact of business interests on the implementation and consistency of government intervention. In an increasingly interconnected...

Sydney Pon

I major in Sociology with minors in Education and Public Policy. Growing up in the Bay Area, I've witnessed the complexities of immigrant integration and the effect of immigration policies on marginalized communities. I believe research can inform effective programs and policies that ensure immigrant communities have the necessary resources to lead healthy and successful lives.

Adriana Ramirez

BIMI Graduate Student Researcher - Collegium Fellowship 2019

My research interests lie at the intersections of international migration, return migration, youth, citizenship, national identities, transnationalism, the criminalization of migrants, and the state. For my MA paper, I compare the “return” experiences of US born and Mexican born youth and young adult’s from the US to Oaxaca, Mexico. Specifically, focusing on how inclusion is constructed in everyday experiences, through identity work youth engage in to make claims on different forms of citizenships in response to a changing context.

Cheng Ren

D-Lab Fellow

Cheng Ren is a current Ph.D. student in Social Welfare and Designated Emphasis in Computational and Data Science and Engineering Program. He is interested in immigration due to his own migration experience. Cheng Ren 's current research projects include nonprofit organization and social enterprise development related to immigrants service with Geospatial analysis and Natural Language Processing under the supervision of Julian Chow. Cheng Ren is a BIMI Data Analyst and works on Projects Mapping Spatial Inequality and Mapping Immigrants At-Risk.

Angelica Rodriguez

BIMI Collegium Fellow 2019

Hello! My name is Angelica Rodriguez, and I am a fourth-year political science student. As the daughter of two immigrant farmworkers, I have always been interested in immigration and immigrant rights. It is my hope to use the skill sets I learned from this project to improve my immigrant community in the Central Valley in the near future!

Brisa Rodriguez

Former Undergraduate Research Fellow

Brisa Rodriguez is a graduated student from UC Berkeley, majoring in both Psychology and Legal Studies. From a young age, she witnessed the barriers her two immigrant parents faced due to the lack of resources and advocacy. Brisa Rodriguez is passionate about learning the multifaceted aspects of immigrant populations and connecting underrepresented people to resources. She has volunteered at Oasis Legal Services, aiding in the immigration process. Additionally, she has also served as a JusticeCorps member for the Alameda Superior Courts, providing assistance to self-represented litigants...

Ethan Roubenoff

Graduate Student Researcher

I am a Graduate Student Research Assistant on BIMI's Mapping Spatial Inequality Project. I am interested in spatial patterns of health inequality and mortality. My primary research fields include spatial demography and public health. I work on the critically understudied relationship of space and demographic processes.

Ethan Roubenoff

Graduate Student Researcher
BIMI Team

I am a Graduate Student Research Assistant on BIMI's Mapping Spatial Inequality Project. I am interested in spatial patterns of health inequality and mortality. My primary research fields include spatial demography and public health. I work on the critically understudied relationship of space and demographic processes.