About me
Maga (she/they) is a scholar, popular educator and labor & community organizer based in Los Angeles. She is a Doctoral Candidate in Chicana/o and Central American Studies at UCLA. Her work lies at the intersection of labor, gender, race, immigration and technology. Maga earned a B.A. from UC Santa Cruz with a double major in Feminist Studies (law, policy and social change emphasis) and Community Studies (economic justice emphasis) where she graduated magna cum laude in 2015.
Maga has written for Aztlán, The Nation, Verso, and New Left Review and the International Journal of Communication.
Her research has been supported by the UC Office of the President, NASEM Ford Predoctoral Fellowship, the Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, and the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment.
RESEARCH interests
Chicanx/Latinx studies
American studies/ethnic studies
Gender, Labor and Migration
Transnationalism and Globalization
Science and Technology Studies
Digital Media
Community-Engaged/Collaborative Research
MARXISM (Feminist, Chicano, autonomist)
highlights
Artwashing, or, Between Social Practice and Social Reproduction
Artwashing & Gentrification in Boyle Heights paper, 2017
The Border Crossed Us: The Case for Opening the US-Mexico Border
Book talk moderated by Maga Miranda featuring author Justin Akers Chacón and Bronx-based tenant organizer Yanny Guzman, 2020
The Antifada : Coronavirus and the Future of Work
A Survey of Domestic Work in the Gig Economy, 2020