Meet our Graduate Summer Fellows

Inmagela (Inma) R. Abreu (they/them/theirs) is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Arts in Museum and Exhibitions Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago as a Fulbright Scholar. Inma holds a Bachelor's degree in General Psychology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) in Santiago, Dominican Republic. A first-generation Dominican from Santiago, they identify as a trans-non-binary person. Inma is also a digital drawing artist, self-taught graphic designer, and photographer. They were recently certified as a Chicago Wilderness Midwestern Ecological Prescription Burn Crew member, is part of the Good Food is Good Medicine: Cooking & Nutrition cohort, and volunteers at the Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC).

Inma will be participating in the LMSP through a placement at the National Museum of American History working on the “Latinx Health, History, and Sexuality” practicum.  

Lillian E. Agosto Maldonado (she/her/hers/ella) is a doctoral student in Communication, Culture, & Media Studies at Howard University. She graduated from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Information and Journalism, and holds a Master’s degree in Puerto Rican and Caribbean Studies from the Center for Advanced Studies on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Lillian is an award-winning independent journalist, digital strategist, and scholar. She is the founder and editor of Mundos Paralelos, a digital magazine that portrays Puerto Rican identity worldwide. Her work has appeared on networks such as Primera Hora, Índice, El Nuevo Día, Univision Radio, ESPN, Spotlight on Poverty, EdSurge, Feet in 2 Worlds, Borderzine, and SembraMedia, among others.

Lillian will be participating in the LMSP through a placement at the National Museum of American History working on the “De Ultima Hora: Latinas Report History” practicum. 

Jazmine Janay Cuevas (she/her/ella) is a recent graduate of The University of Texas at El Paso where she obtained a Master of Fine Arts in Literature with a specialization in Ethnic Studies, and a Bachelor’s Degree in English American Literature. She is a Critical Mixed-Race theorist focusing on Afro-Chicanx identity, comparative processes of nation building, Post Colonialism, and Queer theory.  In 2022, she was a fellow at Alamo College’s 2nd Annual Democratizing Racial Justice: Ethnic Studies Educators' Academy (ESEA), the Cooper-DuBois Penn State Mentoring Program, and the University of Texas at El Paso/El Paso Community College Humanities Collaborative.

Jazmine will be participating in the LMSP through a placement at the National Museum of African American History and Culture working on the “Guiding Latinidad in the NMAAHC’s Physical Exhibitions” practicum. 

Adriana Morales-Díaz (she/her/ella) is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Arts in Cultural Management at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, where she also obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and Comparative Literature. Born and raised in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, Adriana has also held internships with the Art History Program Journal: Visión Doble, the Museum Study and Research Hall, and the Sala de Estudio e Investigación at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (SEIMAPR). Adriana is also a Graduate Research Assistant in the UPR Caribe Digital project, where she assists with organizing workshops and conferences that teach digital resources and open-source platforms for the digitalization of humanities projects.

Adriana will be participating in the LMSP through a placement at the National Museum of the American Latino working on the "Latinos in the 21st Century: A Digital Experience for All" practicum.  

Chantal Jimenez-Gonzalez (she/her/they/them) is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Arts degree in Public History at American University. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from the University of Texas. Chantal is a first-generation, Mexican-American from San Antonio, Texas. She first gained proficiency in digital asset management during a summer internship as a Digital Initiatives Student Technician at the LLILAS Benson Latin American Collection. She later interned with NPR, gaining hands-on experience with archival material, research, and critical cataloging.

Chantal will be participating in the LMSP through a placement at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage’s Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections "Expanding the Accessibility and Metadata of Latina/o/x Archival Documentation" practicum.

Alexandra Kader Herrera (she/her/ella), is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Arts in Modern and Contemporary Art History, and a Master of Arts in Arts Administration and Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art History with a minor in French Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. Born and raised in Costa Rica, Alexandra is an art historian interested in amplifying the voice of female-identifying artists from a Latin American or Latinx background based in the United States.

Alexandra will be participating in the LMSP through a placement at the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives’ "Discovering the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives’ Latino Collections and Services" practicum. 

Diana López (she/her/ella), is a third-year doctoral student in Borderlands History at the University of Texas at El Paso. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Mexican American Studies from the University of Arizona, and a Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Psychology, Spanish, and Gender and Sexuality Studies, with a major in Chicano Studies from New Mexico State University. Born in El Paso, Texas and raised in Ciudad Juárez, México, Diana also serves as the project lead for the digital platform, Barrios of El Paso, which documents the histories of seven barrios in the city of El Paso. She is also a Junior Peer and Researcher for the Mapping Everyday Mexicana/Chicana Political Organizing in the Texas and Arizona Borderlands project.

Diana will be participating in the LMSP through a placement at the National Museum of American History’s "Chronicling El Movimiento: An exploration into the Chicano Underground Press" practicum.  

Jeannette Martinez (she/her/ella) is a doctoral student in Art History at The University of New Mexico. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History with a minor in Museum Studies a University of Nevada, Reno, and a Master of Arts degree in Art History at The Ohio State University. Jeannette is a first-generation Salvadoran American born and raised between New York City and Reno, Nevada. She has helped create the Buddy Mays Photograph Collection for the New Mexico Archives Online and assisted the Pueblo of Isleta in digitizing their tribal archive.

Jeannette will be participating in the LMSP through a placement at the Archives of American Art’s "The Latina Papers: Primary Sources for Documents of Latin American and Latino Art" practicum.  

Eva Maria Rey Pinto (she/her/ella) is a doctoral student in Anthropology at American University. She holds a Bachelor of Art degree in Anthropology from the Universidad de los Andes and a Master’s degree from the Colombia War College in Geopolitics, both in Colombia. Born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, Eva has worked on various projects relating to the military, war, and gender. Her first approach to the subject was at the Universidad de los Andes as an assistant researcher in a project that explored the everyday life and affections of Colombian soldiers in war zones.

Eva will be participating in the LMSP through a placement at the National Museum of American History’s "War and Latina/o Philanthropy Collecting Initiative" practicum.