Mira Kohl is a PhD candidate in Tulane's History Department. She received an MA in Latin American Studies from Tulane in 2015 and a BA in Anthropology from Macalester College in 2010. Mira has conducted ethnographic and archival research in Bolivia and Brazil where she studies the politics of citizenship, nation-state formation, and migration in the mid-20th century. Before moving to New Orleans, she worked in immigrant rights advocacy in Boston and taught English in Andalucía, Spain. As a recipient of the Changemaker Catalyst Award, Mira attended an 8-day intensive filmmaking institute at Duke's Center for Documentary Studies.