Silvana is a fourth year PhD candidate in the Medical Anthropology program. Born and raised in Honduras, Silvana has had first-hand contact with a mixture of cultures and lived experiences which motivated her to pursue her studies with the Latinx community in the United States. She did a double major in Anthropology and English literature with a minor in Latin American Studies at Rollins College that further solidified her interests. As part of her undergraduate thesis, Silvana worked with the Farmworkers Association of Florida in a project related to HPV vaccination rates and barriers among the Latinx community. For her master's thesis, she worked with CARECEN, an immigrant rights advocacy organization in DC. For her PhD, she is planning on continuing her health work with the Latinx community, while moving her focus to the multilayered jurisdictional patchwork of the DMV and to pregnant liminally legal mothers' access to prenatal and neonatal care.
Areas of Interest
- Latinx Experience
- Politics of Fear
- Access to healthcare for vulnerable populations
Degrees
-
Degree TypeBADegree DetailsAnthropology | Rollins College (2020)
-
Degree TypeBADegree DetailsEnglish Literature | Rollins College (2020)
-
Degree TypeMADegree DetailsApplied Anthropology | University of Maryland College Park (2023)
Awards
-
2021-01-28Flagship Fellowship Recipient
-
2023-06-21Summer Research Fellowship Recipient
-
2023-06-28Adele’s Circle of Women Scholarship
Conferences
-
Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Conference
