Maia Salazar-Miralles

Social Science Researcher with interests in Intersectional Critical Race Theory and Community-Based Participatory Research, with a focus on immigrant Latina womens experiences.

Graduate Researcher, Division of the Social Sciences - University of Chicago - Chicago, IL

(2025-09)

Project manager working alongside a local community organization focused on Latino day laborers and domestic workers to design accessible legal aid surrounding immigrant family preparedness packets

• Proficient in index and analytic qualitative coding methodology

Secondary Investigator - Multidimensional Poverty Project - Albuquerque, NM

(2024-08 - 2025-05)

Designed a research project based on a proposal written for a class with a focus on immigrant Spanish-speaking women living in poverty

• Narrative interviewing experience
• Experience working with vulnerable populations and handling sensitive data

Student Advocate - Refugee and Immigrant Wellbeing Project - Albuquerque, NM

(2024-08 - 2025-05)

• Aided in accessing community resources tailored to the needs of the refugee
• Provided emotional support and developed connections with refugee and immigrant population
• Advocated for refugee migrant families in need through navigation of systemic barriers

Lab Technician, Clark Lab - University of New Mexico - Albuquerque, NM

(2021-09 - 2022-04)

• Completed data collection, entry, and analysis with SAS to assist in cognitive and spatial memory studies
• Showed initiative in taking on new tasks through consistent communication with the lab manager
• Gained experience in independent and group research environment

Barista - Starbucks - Albuquerque, NM

(2021-09 - 2025-08)

• Provided high levels of service; Connected with strangers in an authentic and meaningful manner
• Demonstrated teamwork through strong friendships and community built with team members
• Communicated and solved problems and issues between management and coworkers
• Demonstrated consistency and dependency
• Made a mean cappuccino

Master of Arts - Social Sciences; Concentration: Sociology - University of Chicago (2026-06)

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology Major, Sociology Minor - University of New Mexico (2025-05)