I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology and African & African Diaspora Studies at Boston College. I earned my Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Southern California, my M.A. in Latin American Studies from Vanderbilt University, and my B.B.A. in Management Consulting and Africana Studies from the University of Notre Dame. My research interests include race and ethnicity, urban sociology, culture, mental health, and economic sociology. I focus on flourishing, social infrastructure, and the Black class and status structure in the Americas. I have two ongoing research projects. The primary one examines class, social infrastructure, and well-being in Black communities in Los Angeles County. I am currently working on a book based on my dissertation, tentatively titled A Place to Flourish: Black Social Infrastructure, Well-Being-Making, and Futurity in Los Angeles County. The book explores how Black social infrastructure is built and maintained, and its role in well-being practices. My second line of research investigates race-making and anti-Blackness in Brazil. The latest manuscript from this research explores police killings and racial ideologies in Brazil using social media data.