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Kimberly Soriano, PhD.

Hi! I’m Kimberly Soriano (she/they), a queer Oaxacan and Guerrense educator, transdisciplinary researcher, and community member. I was born and raised in the Westlake and Echo Park area of Los Angeles. I am currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. I received my PhD in Feminist Studies from UC Santa Barbara and two B.A.s in Chicana/o Studies and African American Studies from UCLA.

My current book project, titled Feminist Fugitivities in Carceral Los Angeles, centers fugitive care webs that are built by communities who navigate gendered and racialized policing and displacement in a globalized city. You can find my public-facing writing at Los Angeles Press and Metropole.

I work with the Southern California Library in South Central Los Angeles, The Sidewalk Project in Skid Row, and SWOP-LA, and have served as a fellow, consultant, and advisor to Sex Worker Giving Circle.