I am a Political Science PhD Candidate at the University of California - Los Angeles, studying the intersection of racial prejudice and elections as well as political empowerment. My dissertation takes an existing puzzle in voting rights (racial discrepancies in ballot rejection) and uses a mixed-methods approach to measure the severity of the problem, identify its root causes, and test the effectiveness of various remedies for policy makers to consider. My research has been supported by the APSA Minority Fellowship, the Cota Robles Fellowship, UCLA's Graduate Research Mentorship Program, and has received an honorable mention from the Ford Foundation.