Research Interests: Mexican migration, high-skilled migration, labor markets, social network analysis, social mobility, inequality

Melissa Hernández Jasso is a Ph.D. student in Sociology and a Fulbright García-Robles scholar, specializing in international migration, higher education, social mobility, and social networks. Her research focuses on the migration of Mexican professionals and the inter-group relations that arise within the broader Mexican immigrant community. She aims to understand how these are affected by legal status and educational attainment, and to trace the social mobility of middle-class, college-educated Mexican migrants.

Originally from Mexico City, she received her B.A. in International Relations from The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), graduating with honors. Prior to her graduate studies, she served at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was a research consultant for Article 19’s Office for Mexico and Central America. She has also collaborated at various research institutions, including the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, the City Institute at York University, and the Center for Research on North America at UNAM.

Previous Degrees:

B.A., International Relations, with honors, The National Autonomous University of Mexico (2021)