Zoraya Berlanga Aguilar is a first-generation Mexicana. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degree in criminal justice at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Her research focuses on Latinx women, intimate partner violence, intimate partner femicide, and social justice issues among Latinas of the Rio Grande Valley. Her goal is to advocate for her community and represent Latinx people in research and academia. She has presented at local and regional conferences, Southwestern Social Science Association, at From Margin to Center: Voices from the Tejas/Mexico Borderlands – CMAS Graduate Scholars Initiative 2022, and ” 1ª Jornada Científica Estudiantil de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Conducta y de la Educación – Universidad Tamaulipeca, Reynosa, to present her intimate partner femicide research. She has written several articles for Trucha RGV (an independent multimedia platform dedicated to the people, culture, and social movements of the Rio Grande Valley.) on the killing of Latinas in the RGV by intimate partners, Let’s talk about it: Latino men suicides, and Silent struggle: domestic violence in Cameron County.
Warmest welcome, Zoraya!