Mario A. Gómez Zamora is a Postdoctoral Fellow whose work centers on queerness, gender and sexuality, migration, Latinx studies, and Indigenous P’urhépecha performances. A first-generation P’urhépecha and mestizo scholar from Tangancícuaro, Michoacán, he earned his PhD in Latin American and Latino Studies with an emphasis in Anthropology from UC Santa Cruz. His decade-long collaboration with P’urhépecha youth and elders led to the multilingual book Entre el Recuerdo y la Memoria: Historias de Patamban. He is developing his book Queer P’urhépecha Histories and Performances Beyond Borders, exploring the cultural tensions and resilience of queer Indigenous P’urhépechas across migration and community life.