About me

I am a proud first-generation Mexican immigrant who moved to the U.S. at the age of ten and grew up in a predominantly Hispanic community in Texas. I love playing and watching fútbol, listening to and singing corridos, traveling throughout Mexico, and hanging with my pup Dina (a rescue from Tijuana).

Prior to my PhD, I worked on drug policy at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, with refugees and immigrants at U.S. Committee on Refugees and Immigrants, and with unaccompanied immigrant minors in detention centers at the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights.

I am passionate about helping the communities that I am a part of and really enjoy getting to know and interacting with undergrad and grad students.

You can find my CV here.

Email: marcoalcocer@ucmerced.edu
Twitter: @Marco_Alcocer1