PROJECT: Human Rights Investigations
FACULTY MENTOR: Sylvanna Falcón, Latin American & Latino Studies Department
![Josue Perez-Hernandez](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/received_548904569165940-Josue-Perez-Hernandez-scaled-e1591221595147-300x300.jpeg)
Josue Perez-Hernandez
Sociology Major
![Marian Avila Breach](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2642DFEF-1A7D-40C0-8ABB-B11EAD1B77D5-Marian-Avila-Breach-e1591221692957-300x300.jpeg)
Marian Avila-Breach
Politics and PhilosophyMajor
![Juan Castañon](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Juan-C-scaled-e1591221948338-300x300.jpg)
Juan Castañon
Economics Major
![Angie Valencia](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-10-at-2.39.36-PM-300x300.png)
Angie Valencia
Politics Major
PROJECT: The Financial Impact of COVID-19 on University Students
FACULTY MENTOR: Steve Owen, Economics Department
![Manik Wason](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/420000-78-of-97-2-Manik-Wason-scaled-e1590017440250-300x300.jpg)
Manik Wason
Business Management Economics Major
![Christina Le](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_2394-Christina-Le-e1591379595856-300x300.jpg)
Christina Le
Business Management Economics Major with a Minor in Technology Information Management
![Erica De La Cruz](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_0530-2-Erica-De-La-Cruz-scaled-e1590795878637-300x300.jpg)
Erica De La Cruz
Economics Major
![Andrea Antezana](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/me-Andrea-Antezana-scaled-e1591143585583-300x300.jpg)
Andrea Antezana
Business Management Economics Major
PROJECT: We Belong: Collaboration for Community-Engaged Research and Immigrant Justice
FACULTY MENTOR: Steve McKay, Sociology Department
![Janetzi Juarez](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/6EADFE4F-EDD2-4CB2-BA86-0344A5F037BE-Janetzi-Juarez-scaled-e1591223999116-300x300.jpeg)
Janetzi Juárez
Legal Studies Major and Education Minor
![Anakaren Quintero](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-01-at-7.39.08-PM-Anakaren-Quintero-1-300x300.png)
Anakaren Quintero Davalos
Psychology Major
![Sophie Shaw](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_4536-Sophie-Shaw-e1591224396270-300x300.jpg)
Sophie Shaw
Sociology & Legal Studies Major
![Alejandro Ruelas-Mora](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/58577599529__2B99C5A9-ED7D-40FB-8002-80466630E7E1-2-Alejandro-Ruelas-Mora-scaled-e1591826348435-300x300.jpg)
Alejandro Ruelas-Mora
Intensive Psychology and Sociology with a concentration in G.I.S.E.S.
PROJECT: A Servant of Two Masters? How Cities are Responding to the Dilemma of Urban Decarbonization
FACULTY MENTOR: David Gordon, Politics Department
![](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_5529-Tylan-Ahmed-300x300.png)
Tylan Ahmed
Politics Major
![Ryan Aston](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Ryan-Aston-scaled-e1591400154329-300x300.jpeg)
Ryan Aston
Politics Major
![Christina Monis-Hernandez](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_1315-copy-Christina-Monis-Hernandez-scaled-e1591379451677-300x300.jpg)
Christina Monis-Hernandez
Politics and Legal Studies Major
![Gaby Sherren](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_1272_Facetune_02-06-2020-20-35-22-Gaby-Sherren-e1591378548451-300x300.jpeg)
Gabriela Sherren
Politics and Latin American Studies Major
PROJECT: Socio-Environmental Conflicts in Chile’s Huasco Valley
FACULTY MENTOR: Fernando Leiva, Latin American & Latino Studies Department
![Daniel Barrientos Castaneda](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG-3503-Daniel-Barrientos-Castaneda-e1590627373398-300x300.jpg)
Daniel Barrientos Castaneda
Politics Major
![Benjamin Gonzalez Cueto](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG-4147-Benjamin-Gonzalez-Cueto-scaled-e1591143969530-300x300.jpg)
Benjamin Gonzalez Cueto
Anthropology Major
![Zoila Gonzalez](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/unnamed-2-Zoila-Gonzalez-scaled-e1591144133737-300x300.jpg)
Zoila A Gonzalez
Double Major in Sociology and Latin American and Latino Studies
PROJECT: Non-STEM College Students’ Learning of Digital Skills to Curate and Create Technology
FACULTY MENTOR: Juhee Kang, Sociology Department
![Autumn Hill](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_4420-Autumn-Hill-e1591144482250-300x300.jpeg)
Autumn Hill
Sociology with Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies Concentration and a minor in Education
![Kayla Gomez](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/5D777C22-B1BD-46C9-BD8D-ABAC53E56038-Kayla-Gomez-e1590168002245-300x300.jpeg)
Kayla Gomez
Politics Major
![Karina-Cruz-Rosales](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/62489D6C-8C4F-455E-8B4B-E37B1BD2BB93-Karina-Cruz-Rosales-scaled-e1590167545502-300x300.jpeg)
Karina Cruz Rosales
Sociology with an intensive concentration in Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies
PROJECT: Chimpanzee Video Coding
FACULTY MENTOR: Vicky Oelze, Anthropology Department
![Maria Borges](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mc-Maria-Borges-e1591222239508-300x300.jpg)
Maria Borges
Anthropology Major
![Cielo De La Rosa](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_7157-Cielo-De-La-Rosa-scaled-e1591222371373-300x300.jpg)
Cielo De La Rosa Meza
Anthropology Major
![Payton Sime](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_0752-Payton-Sime-300x300.jpg)
Payton Sime
Anthropology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Double Major
![Julie Elliott](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CBC500EF-4474-4169-82EC-836D939BD639-Julie-Elliott-e1591222688249-300x300.jpeg)
Julie Elliott
Anthropology Major
PROJECT: Neural Mechanisms of Confidence in a Perceptual Decision
FACULTY MENTOR: Jason Samaha, Psychology Department
![Lleymi Martinez Arango](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-10-at-2.55.56-PM-300x300.png)
Lleymi J. Martinez Arango
Neuroscience & Psychology Major
![Leopoldo Arellano III](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200325_211346-Leopoldo-Arellano-III-scaled-e1591400511947-300x300.jpg)
Leopoldo Arellano
Cognitive Science Major
PROJECT: Experiences for Social Impact
FACULTY MENTOR: Chris Benner, Environmental Studies Department
![Alexandra Munoz](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Alexandra-Munoz-300x300.jpeg)
Alexandra Munoz
Legal Studies & Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies
PROJECT: Theorizing Race After Race
FACULTY MENTORS: Camilla Hawthorne and Jenny Reardon, Sociology Department
![Aitanna Parker](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Aitanna-Parker-300x300.jpg)
Aitanna Parker
Critical Race & Ethic Studies and Technology & Information Management
PROJECT: Measuring labor market transitions in the Asia and Pacific Region
FACULTY MENTOR: Brenda Samaniego de la Parra, Economics Department
![Hana Braitsch](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/headshot-Hana-Braitsch-e1590708622130-300x300.jpg)
Hana Braitsch
Economics Major
PROJECT: Costly Information and State-Contingent Attention
FACULTY MENTOR: Grace Weishi Gu, Economics Department
![Melanie Wong](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/pic-Melanie-Wong-e1590708864974-300x300.jpg)
Melanie Wong
Computer Science Major
![Leqi Zeng](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Leqi-Leqi-Zeng-300x300.jpg)
Leqi Zeng
Economics and Mathematics Major
PROJECT: Immigrants at the Crossroads: Where Has Immigration Enforcement Reinforced Social Friction Across the United States?
FACULTY MENTOR: Juan Pedroza, Sociology Department
![Joshua Solis](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Photo-2-Joshua-Solis-e1590709076822-300x300.jpg)
Joshua Solis
Sociology Major
![Melissa Carrillo Garcia](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/5B8F1203-F10E-401D-98BE-098D1EBF2CC8_1_201_a-Melissa-Carrillo-Garcia-scaled-e1590699157232-300x300.jpeg)
Melissa Carrillo Garcia
Latin American & Latino Studies Major
PROJECT: The Determinants of Teacher Labor Supply
FACULTY MENTOR: Laura Giuliano, Economics Department
![Laniah Lewis](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Laniah-Lewis-Laniah-Lewis-e1590709979125-300x300.jpg)
Laniah Lewis
Global Economics Major
![Xingpei Zhang](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Xingpei-Zhang-300x300.jpg)
Xingpei Zhang
Economics Major
PROJECT: A 15-year Longitudinal Study of College Students’ Identities, Close Relationships, Education and Career Trajectories, and Mental Health
FACULTY MENTOR: Margarita Azmitia, Psychology Department
![Jonathan Melchor](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_1867-Jonathan-Melchor-scaled-e1590795551557-300x300.jpg)
Jonathan Melchor
Psychology Major
![Matthew Alvarez](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_7307-Matthew-Alvarez-scaled-e1590795694296-300x300.jpg)
Matthew Alvarez
Computer Engineering Major
PROJECT: Using Design Anthropology to Address Flooding in South Carolina Environmental Justice Communities
FACULTY MENTOR: Melissa Caldwell and Brian Walter, Anthropology Department
![Brittney Barron](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/83242D5C-2818-4F30-98F0-E2ABFDF49DC9-Brittney-Barron-e1590792830914-300x300.jpeg)
Brittney Barron
Anthropology Major
![Natalie Adey](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/B7152631-F501-4BF6-93A2-A5D9E8F27339-Natalie-Adey-e1590793303918-300x300.jpeg)
Natalie Adey
Anthropology Major
![Jessica Peters](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200224_090307-Jessica-Peters-e1590793493935-300x300.jpg)
Jessica Peters
Anthropology Major
PROJECT: Phenology Observers on Twitter
FACULTY MENTOR: Kai Zhu, Environmental Studies Department
![Caitlin Schilt](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2CC32E4F-5CB0-4579-8818-82877C8B7A57_1_105_c-caschilt-e1591225214144-300x300.jpeg)
Caitlin Schilt
Environmental Studies/Economics Major
![Luke Hamilton](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DSC0623-Luke-Hamilton-e1590710056429-300x300.jpg)
Luke Hamilton
Environmental Sciences Major
PROJECT: Faculty Diversity in US Environmental Studies Department: Implications for Student Learning and Growth of the Field
FACULTY MENTOR: Sikina Jinnah, Environmental Studies Department
![Amani Taylor](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Amani-Taylor-Photo-Amani-Taylor-e1591221266500-300x300.jpg)
Amani Taylor
Environmental Studies Major
![Arien Hernandez](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/71A3AAD7-70B6-438A-ADDC-290057025A29-Arien-Hernandez-1-scaled-e1591825496611-300x300.jpeg)
Arien Hernandez
Legal Studies Major
PROJECT: Suddenly Distant: Teachers’ Work in the Age of COVID
FACULTY MENTOR: Lora Bartlett, Education Department
Suddenly Distant: Teachers’ Work During COVID-19 in Spring 2020 – has released its first ‘Findings From the Field’ Report. The report shares insights about teachers’ work during spring 2020 as drawn from interviews with seventy-five teachers across nine states – Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, and Texas.
![Lila Harte](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/95E47D06-A19F-414C-8D63-A8219151AFF1-Lila-Harte-scaled-e1591223711474-300x300.jpeg)
Lila Harte
Literature Major
PROJECT: Language, Literacy, and Academic Pathways for the “New Mainstream” in Community Colleges
FACULTY MENTOR: George Bunch, Education Department
![Alexis Roman](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/A068B8BA-99CD-413F-9A55-69972C6AB1BF-Alexis-Roman-1-300x300.jpeg)
Alexis Roman
Legal Studies Major
PROJECT: American Venom: What Snakes Tell Us about our Interconnected Hemisphere
FACULTY MENTOR: Lily Balloffet, Latin American & Latino Studies Department
![Cynthia Valadon](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_1098-Cynthia-Valadon-e1593031482863-300x300.jpg)
Cynthia Valadon
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Major
![Lizbeth Garcia](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Pic-for-Fellowship-Lizbeth-Garcia-scaled-e1593031733685-300x300.jpg)
Lizbeth Garcia
Psychology & LALS Double Major, Education Minor
![Isabelle Arguilez](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_5787-Isabelle-Arguilez-e1595455415435-300x300.jpg)
Isabelle Arguilez
Human Biology Major
PROJECT: Covid-19 Public Health Campaign with DigitalNEST
FACULTY MENTOR: Chris Benner, Environmental Studies Department
![Bianca Esquivias](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_7680-Bianca-Esquivias-scaled-e1599150862436-300x300.jpg)
Bianca Esquivias
Sociology & Legal Studies Major with a concentration in GISES (Global Information Social Enterprise Studies)
![Jonathan Winston](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_1856-Jonathan-Winston-scaled-e1599151199430-300x300.jpeg)
Jonathan Winston
Sociology Major with a concentration in GISES (Global Information Social Enterprise Studies)