She/Her/Ella

Christy is an incoming Ph.D. student. She received her undergraduate degree in Chicana and Chicano Studies at UNM. She is a former Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. She has lived on the West Coast, the Pacific Northwest, and the Southeast part of the country, but her ancestral roots are in New Mexico, all of which shape her lived experience. She resides in Albuquerque with her partner and three kids.

During Christy's undergraduate studies, she discovered the work of Gloria Anzaldúa and has been deeply shaped by Anzaldúa's concept of mestiza consciousness as it relates to the intersection of spirituality and the Chicana identity. Additionally, she was part of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship where she developed an interest in researching Chicanas and their interaction with the White Evangelical Church. This research resulted in an oral history project titled, "Brown Girl, White Church: Chicana Voices and Silence in the White Evangelical Church." During graduate school, she hopes to expand this research to include oral histories regarding Evangelical education and investigate how these environments shape Chicana spirituality.

Research Topics: Religious Studies | Chicanx Spiritualities | Chicanx Feminism | American Evangelicalism