Her teaching and research interests lie at the intersection of immigration, race, racial inequality and globalization studies. Her most recent research examines the legal challenges and racial marginalization that Latin American and Caribbean migrant professionals encounter in American workplaces. Her work is featured in Latino(a) Research Review (2009), Latino Studies (2017), the Humboldt Journal of Social Relations (2017) and in the edited book Migration of Professionals in the City published by Routledge (2014).