Ana Lopez

Ana is originally from Mexico City, and has lived in San Diego since 2018, when she started the PhD program in Sociology. Now, a PhD Candidate, Ana's research focuses on how activist art and artists shape our perceptions of social problems, particularly focusing on anti-feminicide art in the United States and Mexico. Aside from being passionate about social research, Ana loves teaching and learning about teaching. She was a student and field coordinator of UC San Diego's Mexican Migration Field Research Program where she accompanied four cohorts of approximately 30 students (mostly first-generation, low income, Latine students) in conducting and analyzing field research at the Tijuana-Mexico border. This experience made her particularly interested in community engaged teaching and learning. Ana has also taught introductory research courses and conducted research on how deep reading tools, such as concept maps, can aid student learning. However, Ana's most humbling and pleasurable life lessons have come from being the parent of a fast-growing 2-year old daughter!