As a transdisciplinary gender and sexuality scholar my research brings together the fields of Latinx Studies, Performance Studies, Queer Studies, Girl Studies, Ethnomusicology, Fan Studies, Porn Studies, Fat Studies and Cultural Studies. My publications demonstrate my commitment to interdisciplinary, intersectional and transnational research that deploys insights about the erotic practices of Latinx and Mexican communities in the United States. I study cultural texts and performances that agitate respectable politics and I theorize working-class vulgarities as feminist rebellion.

My research on Jenni Rivera has resulted in three peer-reviewed articles in the Journal of Popular Music Studies, New American Notes Online and Sounding Out. My other published articles focus on the theme of fat erotics and other working-class pleasures.