Kimberly Higuera
Assistant Professor
Social Sciences Department
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Kimberly Higuera, PhD and MPP, is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO). Her work examines how sending and receiving remittances impacts transnational Mexican family dynamics as well as how remittances can act as an oft-ignored force shaping the material hardship and wellbeing of Mexican immigrant families in the US.
Higuera will be visiting the Center for Poverty & Inequality Research at UC Davis.
Blue Sky: @kimbhiguera.bsky.social
Higuera was also a 2024 Early Career Mentoring Institute Grant Awardee.