Originally from Los Angeles, CA, Jacqueline Amezcua holds a bachelor’s degree in Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies and Spanish from Dickinson College. Her research interests at Tulane University include expressions of queerness, Blackness, performance resistance and urban resilience in the northeastern region of Brazil. She aims to advocate for the (re)writing of histories to incorporate elements of accessibility, focusing on stories of resilience, community, and living memory. She ultimately hopes that her writings and incorporation of performance can serve as a tool for embodied civic engagement.