Katy Joseline Maldonado Dominguez was born in Honduras. She is the oldest of five children and a first-generation DACAmented college student. She graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in Chicana/o Studies and Geography in 2019. Her primary research interests include challenging the homogenization of Latina/o/x student experiences by highlighting the lived academic realities of Central American students. She also examines how Undocumented Queer parents create and navigate family as they resist the twin pressures of xenophobia and homophobia.