Presenter - “Natural Landmarks in Hidalgo County” on behalf of the Hidalgo County Historical Commission for the South Texas Border Chapter Texas Master Naturalists at the St. George Orthodox Church in Pharr, Texas. October 20, 2025. https://www.facebook.com/events/1948028722653234

Presenter - Harlingen MOD75: 75 Years of Modern Architecture in Harlingen. hosted by RGVMOD, Visit Harlingen, and Megamorphosis at the Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum in Harlingen, Texas. Presented on behalf of Latinos in Heritage Conservation. October 10, 2025. https://hidalgocohistcommission.substack.com/p/harlingen-mod75-75-years-of-modern

Presenter - LHC Basics of Grant Writing Webinar, Presentation for Latinos in Heritage Conservation. November 18, 2025.

Presenter - “Geospatial Documentation and Public Heritage: Centering Testimonios and Community Engaged Programming in the South Texas Borderlands” for the GIS Day Summit. Presentation at UTRGV, November 21, 2025. Presented by UTRGV School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Science. https://calendar.utrgv.edu/event/gis_day

Presenter and Organizer - “Civil Rights Bike Tour” in partnership with Critical Mass McAllen, Bike RGV 956, Museo 956, and the Save the San Juan Hotel Initiative. October 19, 2025. https://www.instagram.com/p/DQGACmSDk6H/

Presenter - Rotary Club of Edinburg Meeting Presenter on behalf of Latinos in Heritage Conservation. Barrel House Kitchen & Bar, Edinburg, Texas. July 31, 2025. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1201003612067347&set=a.558523046315410

MLA Thesis Defense - “Public Heritage and Spatial Humanities in the Rio Grande Valley” at the UTRGV Library Shary Room (ELIBR 1.206) 1201 W. University Dr, Edinburg, Texas. April 18, 2025. Committee Chair Dr. Edward González-Tennant, Committee Members Dr. Sara Rowe and Dr. Francisco Guajardo. 

Keynote, “Public Heritage and Spatial Humanities in the South Texas Borderlands,” presented at the University of Houston Anderson Library in the Digital Research Commons. Hosted by Shine Trabucco and Linda Garcia Merchant. March 3, 2025. https://uh.libcal.com/event/14137130

Host and Guide, Edinburg Bicycle Loop, hosted independently in partnership with the UTRGV Bicycle Club, November 20, 2024.

Panelist, “Practicing Digital Heritage on Contested Grounds” presented at the Western History Association Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. Panelists included Christy Hyman, Linda García Merchant, Amparo Chavez-Gonzalez and chaired by Shine Trabucco. October 25, 2024.

Panelist, “Digital Scholarship Lightning Round” presented at the Western History Association Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. Panelists included Adam Sundberg, Dave Tell, Siriana Lundgren, David Grua, Haleigh Marcello, Jonathan Daniel Laska, Gregory Payne and chaired by Sean Fraga. October 24, 2024.

Panelist, “Leading from the Middle” presented at the American Association for State and Local History Annual Meeting in Mobile, Alabama. Panelists included Andrea Jones, Bethany Hrachovec and Carla Mello. September 13, 2024.

Presenter: STXideas Festival at South Texas College, April 20, 2024

Presenter for Latinos in Heritage Conservation. https://www.stxideas.com/

AASLH History Hour: Education and Interpretation (Webinar/Presentation), November 27, 2023.

Description: Presenter role. https://learn.aaslh.org/products/aaslh-history-hour-november-2023/direct/802380

Panelist, “Teaching Local History “Across Many Wests”: A Roundtable Conversation” presented at the Western History Association meeting in Los Angeles, California. Panelists include Jessica Jackson, Cristina Rodriguez, Benjamin Kiser, Todd Laugen, Eric Newcombe and chaired by Lindsay Stallones Marshall. October 26, 2023.

Class Lecture, “Planet Texas and Disaster Storytelling,” Dr. Marla Pérez Lugo’s UTRGV Sociology - Disasters and Society, November 9, 2022.

Session Chair, “Challenging Erasure: Exploring Community Pathways to Collecting, Preserving, and Sharing Black Texas History” presented at the Western History Association Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Panelists included Dr. Teresa Van Hoy, Dr. Sabrina Walker, Claudia Rosales Espinoza and Rosann Bacha-Garza. October 13, 2022.

Panelist, “Healing the Open Wound: Collaborations Across Mexican & Canadian Borders” presented at the American Association of State and Local History Annual Meeting in Buffalo, New York. Panelists included Dr. María Esther Hammack, Dr. Richard Chin, Derrick Pratt and chaired by Dr. Francisco Guajardo. September 16, 2022.

Moderator, “Historic Moments in Business: A Diverse Experience,” presented by the Bachelor of Applied Technology in Technology Management Program at South Texas College Cooper Center. April 28, 2022

Workshop, “History of Edinburg,” Leadership Edinburg Class visit to the Museum of South Texas History, October 19, 2022.

Presenter, “Vaquero History” presentation for the Turkey Fest Fundraiser at St. Joseph Catholic School in Edinburg, Texas. November 13, 2021. 

Tour Guide: River Crossroads, “UTRGV New Faculty Experience: A Night at the Museum,” workshop hosted at the Museum of South Texas History in Edinburg, Texas. November 3, 2021.

Panelist, “Expressing Grief Through Art and Culture,” online presentation hosted by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling, moderated by Dr. Kim Nguyen-Finn , and also featuring Dr. Eloisa Tamez, Misael Ramirez, and Dr. Francisco Guajardo. November 2021.

Workshop, “History of Edinburg,” Leadership Edinburg History Session at the Museum of South Texas History. October 20, 2021.

Library Featured Presenter, “Día de los Muertos” at the Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library in Edinburg, Texas. October 12, 2021.

Panelist, “Justice Through Plática: A Museum Programming Case Study in Conflict and Inclusion” presented at the American Association of State and Local History Annual Meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas. Panelists included Pamela Morales and Dr. Francisco Guajardo. September 24, 2021.

Presenter, “Enrichment Academy Summer Program” Career Day presenter at Truman Elementary School in Edinburg, Texas. Jul 21, 2021. 

Library Featured Presenter, “Fossil History” at the Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library in Edinburg, Texas on July 16, 2021.

Library Featured Presenter, “Fossil History” at the Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library in Mercedes, Texas on July 18, 2021.

Career Day Presenter, “La Joya Memorial Middle School Virtual Career Fair” via ZOOM. April 29, 2021. 

Presenter, “Museum Day Outreach” with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Anthropology Club via ZOOM. February 2021.

Host, Moderator and Presenter, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Festival of International Books and Art (FESTIBA) Presentations.

• February 26, 2021, “Virtual School Tours in the Time of COVID,” served as Presenter.

• February 25, 2021, “Learning Language with Museum Text Labels,” served as Host and Moderator. 

• February 24, 2021, “The Art of Preservation & Presentation: The Story of the 1910 Jail and Its Backyard,” served as host.

• February 23, 2021, “Bearing Witness: Healing Through Storytelling,” served as host.

Presenter & Host, “Waterways of Unrest” panel presentation with Derrick Pratt and Stephen Mattuisi for the Virtual MOSTHistory Happy Hour program at the Museum of South Texas History in Edinburg, Texas. February 2020. 

Presenter, “Frontier Times” presentation for the Winter Texan Wednesdays program at the Museum of South Texas History in Edinburg, Texas. February 2020. 

Presenter, “Connecting Communities Conference: Economic Identity” panel presentation with Derrick Pratt for the Sunday Speaker Series program at the Museum of South Texas History in Edinburg, Texas. June 23, 2019. 

Tour Guide and Presenter, “Edinburg Then and Now Bicycle Tour” in Edinburg, Texas. Hosted independently at the Museum of South Texas History, April 13, 2019.

Panelist, “Enhancing Literacy, Learning and Leadership Through Community Partnerships and Meaningful Projects” presented at the NEXUS conference at the University of Texas Pan American Edinburg campus Ballroom. Panelists included Yemín Sánchez, Reynaldo Zuniga and Julio de Luna. April 3, 2019.

Presenter, “Frontier Times: From Bandera to the RGV” presentation at the Quinta Mazatlan World Birding Center for the Quinta Mazatlan Speaker Series in McAllen, Texas. May 2019. 

Presenter, “Frontier Times: From Bandera to the RGV” presentation at the Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library for the Scholar for Life Series in Edinburg, Texas. May 2019. 

Presenter, “Frontier Times: From Bandera to the RGV'' presentation at the Weslaco Museum for the Saturday Speaker Series  program in Weslaco, Texas. March 2019. 

Presenter, “Frontier Times: From Bandera to the RGV” presentation at the McAllen Public Library for the Genealogy Symposium in McAllen, Texas. March 2019. 

Presenter, “Connecting Communities Conference: Economic Identity” panel presentation at the Museum of South Texas History in Edinburg, Texas. September, 2018. 

Presenter, “Connecting Communities Conference” panel presentation with Derrick Pratt and Carly Anabel for the Museum of South Texas History in Edinburg, Texas. June/July, 2018. 

Library Featured Presenter, Presented a reader’s theater play at the Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library in Edinburg, Texas. June/July 2018

Presenter, STXideas Festival presenter hosted at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Ballroom in Edinburg, Texas. April, 2018.

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Presenter, “Connecting Communities Conference” panel presentation with Derrick Pratt and Carly Anabel for the Museum of South Texas History in Edinburg, Texas. March, 2018. 

Presenter, “Hurricane Beulah Commemoration” presentation for the Museum of South Texas History Sunday Speaker Series in partnership with the National Weather Service in Brownsville. Presented in Edinburg, Texas. September 2017. 

Tour Guide, “Dining at the Museum,” served as a tour guide of the 1910 Jail for a private dinner event hosted at the Museum of South Texas History in Edinburg, Texas. September 2017.

Tour Guide, Texas Tropical Trails session. Served as a tour guide for the Museum of South Texas History in Edinburg, Texas for the Texas Tropical Trails meeting. September 2017.

Presenter, Invited presenter for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Anthropology Club meeting in Edinburg, Texas. September, 2016.

Presenter, Presented a workshop about preserving and describing photographs with Museum of South Texas History Archivist, Phyllis Kinnison, for the Summer Writing Workshop Series hosted by the McAllen Public Library in McAllen, Texas. May 2016.

Class Lecture, Invited presenter for Dr. De Souza’s University of Texas Pan American History of Photography class February 2015.

Tour Guide, Served as a tour guide for the South Texas College history capstone class visit to the Museum of South Texas History in Edinburg, Texas. November 2014.

Workshop, “History of Edinburg,” Leadership Edinburg Class from the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce, October 2014.

Presenter aid, Helped present a natural history walking tour with Dr. Lisa Adam for the Museum of South Texas History’s Sunday Speaker Series in Edinburg, Texas. January 2014.

Class Lecture, Invited presenter for Dr. De Souza’s University of Texas Pan American History of Photography class September 10, 2013.