Annelle M. Garcia is a doctoral student at the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Their scholarship examines the convergences of empire, race, and diasporic politics across the Filipina/x/o diaspora in the United States.

Annelle earned their MA in Asian American Studies from San Francisco State University and AB in Sociology from the University of California, Davis. They are a proud non-traditional transfer student, having come into the university from the community college system after a brief period studying in their hometown of Quezon City, Philippines. Annelle’s work has appeared in Alon: Journal for Filipinx American and Diasporic Studies and Sociological Inquiry.