LECTURES
- “Latino Food Culture in Los Angeles,” Culinary Historians of Southern California, Los Angeles Central Library, November 10, 2018.
- “Food, Health and Culture in Latino Los Angeles,” Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, October 30, 2018.
- “Food, Health and Culture in Latino Los Angeles,” Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, October 8, 2018.
- “Mexican Street Food of L.A.: Elotes, Discrimination and Politics,” La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, April 26, 2018.
- “The Evolution of Mexican Food in Los Angeles,” Panel Discussion with Chef Wes Avila and Bill Esparza, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, April 21, 2018.
- “The Culture and Politics of Street Food in Los Angeles,” Food Studies Institute, University of Indiana, April 12, 2018.
- “The Culture and Politics of Street Food in Los Angeles,” University of Minnesota, April 16, 2018.
- “Cacao in Mesoamerica,” Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA at the Getty Museum, Los Angeles, January 14, 2018.
- Book Event: “Food, Health and Culture in Latino Los Angeles,” Sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and USC Libraries, January 16, 2017.
- Book Event: “Food, Health and Culture in Latino Los Angeles,” La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Los Angeles, March 16, 2017.
The author with her mother outside Proyecto Jardín in Boyle Heights.
Taking USC Latino food culture students on a tour of the Grand Central Market.
Sampling mezcal in Oaxaca at the Mezcaoloteca.
Drinking chocolate atole (a corn based hot drink) outside the market in Oaxaca City.