I have two papers in progress in this area. The first examines barriers to contraceptive care and shows that female returnees shift their contraceptive use toward short-term hormonal methods in response to unequal access to public healthcare in Mexico. The second focuses on 1.5-generation returnees and documents their heightened exposure to sexual and gender-based violence, both in childhood and across different social settings. It further shows that childhood violence shapes life-course patterns of violence for this population.

In this line of work, I study how migration experiences influence social and demographic behaviors back in Mexico. A paper underway examines the transmission of fertility preferences from male migrant partners to their non-migrant female partners, exploiting differences in fertility levels and fertility norms between the two U.S. states with the largest Mexican immigrant populations: California and Texas.

In collaboration with Stephanie Leutert (UT Austin), this project uses a two-wave survey of DREAMers who remain in the United States and those who have relocated abroad. We investigate how legal precarity under DACA shapes decisions to migrate onward or return, affects well-being, and transforms feelings of belonging and identity.