Katy Maldonado Dominguez is a Honduran first-generation PhD candidate in American Studies. She received her bachelor’s degrees from UCLA in Chicana/o Studies and Geography. Her research interests are shaped by her experiences as a Central American immigrant from Honduras and DACA recipient. Her dissertation explores how Central American students think about identity, belonging, and kinship within a context of displacement. She challenges the homogenization of Latine student experiences by highlighting the specific lived academic realities of Central American students.
