Lorenia Salgado-Leos (she/her) is a Sessional Lecturer and PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia. Her doctoral project, “Infrastructures of Mobility,” explores twentieth- and twenty-first-century migration, literature, and culture. With a focus on Haiti, Central America, Mexico, and the United States, she analyzes the (un)structuring of movement and examines infrastructures at the U.S.-Mexico border and along migrant routes across the Americas.

Lorenia holds a BA in Philosophy from UCLA and an MA in English and Comparative Literature from San Diego State University. Following her MA, she taught post-secondary language and literary courses as an Adjunct Professor of English and Comparative Literature in the United States.

Lorenia seeks to cultivate inclusive, accessible, and flexible learning environments. Her teaching integrates a variety of learner-centered methodologies, pedagogical strategies, and hybrid technologies. Fostering dynamic multimodal open-access platforms, she incorporates interaction and collaboration by students, having an active role within and beyond the classroom.

For the summer of 2024, Lorenia is joining ORICE as a researcher for the First Year Experiential Education (FYEE)  project.