Karina Ruiz

Postdoctoral Fellow

karina@cslx.org (she/her)

Karina is an interdisciplinary researcher accountable to immigrant families and children. Originally from east Los Angeles County in the San Gabriel Valley, Karina is the fifth child to Mexican immigrants. Her upbringing informs her research on children’s learning in family and community settings. Her work as a community-based ethnographer highlights the contributions of children in family spaces both at home and in their community. She has a background in early childcare and has worked in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties for over 10 years, and holds a PhD in Latin American and Latino Studies at UC Santa Cruz. She currently resides in Los Angeles County with her family and pug, Chico.