Catalina is the Executive Director of the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN). She holds a M.A. in Feminist Studies from the University of Washington and Bachelors of Science in International Politics: International Law, Norms, & Institutions from Georgetown University. As a Doctoral Candidate in Feminist Political Economy at the University of Washington, Catalina’s research focuses on transnational relations, decolonial methodologies, following forced migration patterns, pursuing refugee justice, across-difference solidarity building, historicizing U.S. and Latin American foreign policy, engaging transgender and queer theory, and tracing political economies.