Public Writing

Below is the public-facing, non-peer reviewed writing that I have published both independently and alongside other academics.

2026

Elections Are About People (Election Science Field Notes)

with R. Michael Alvarez

CSULB Center for Urban Politics and Policy - California Elections and Public Policy Poll Spring 2026

with Christian Grose, Jarred Cuellar, Matthew Mendez Garcia, and Alex Wong

2025

Latino Voters and the November 2025 Special Election: Redistricting and Representation

with Jarred Cuellar

This analysis received attention from political media and practitioners during the Proposition 50 election in fall 2025. This report was covered by Politico California Playbook and The Los Angeles Times, as well as cited in a lawsuit about Proposition 50 (Tangipa, et al. v. Newsom, et al.).

2024

CSULB Center for Urban Politics and Policy - California Elections and Public Policy Poll Fall 2024

with Christian Grose, Jarred Cuellar, and Matthew Mendez Garcia

CSULB Center for Urban Politics and Policy - California Elections and Public Policy Poll Winter 2024

with Christian Grose, Jarred Cuellar, and Matthew Mendez Garcia

2022

USC Schwarzenegger Institute California Issues Poll

with Christian Grose

I served as the Student Poll Lead for the USC Schwarzenegger Institute’s 2022 California Issues Poll. This entailed choosing key themes for the poll, making design choices, assisting in the sampling and distribution process, and processing and writing up the results. Linked here is the final write-up for the poll.

How Closed Primaries Disproportionately Impact Latino and Asian Voters

for Open Primaries

I was invited to present my co-authored research on primaries as part of the Open Primaries Virtual Discussions Series. This was a live Zoom event where I discussed the findings of our research and answered both moderated and live audience questions about the impact of primary electoral rules on Asian American and Latinx voting turnout alongside Danny Ortega (attorney and the former Board Chair of the National Council of La Raza).

2021

A Voting Rights Analysis of High-Latino-CVAP Proposed Districts in South and East L.A. County

with Christian Grose

I assisted Prof. Christian Grose in conducting a racially-polarized voting analysis of proposed high-Latino Congressional voting districts in south and east Los Angeles County. In doing so, we found evidence of racial polarization in parts of L.A. County which indicated a need for an additional Latino ability-to-elect district. Through reconfiguration of proposed districts, we determined that such a district could be added to L.A. County without diluting the influence of Latino voters in other districts. This analysis was ultimately distributed by Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE).

2020