Suyent Rodriguez Candeaux
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Africana Studies at the University of New Mexico
Member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
Suyent Rodriguez Candeaux received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Africana Studies at the University of New Mexico. She is a Pan-African Studies, Master of Arts candidate at Syracuse University. She served as a panelist at the New Mexico Teacher Diversity Summit 2016 and Black Lives Matter: Campus Climate in the Age of Colorblind Politics 2016. She presented at Courageous Conversations: Latinx Racial Equity Leadership Retreat 2017 on the inclusion of Afro-Latinx identity in conversations about Latinxs. She is a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated and an avid advocate for Afro-Latinx social, educational, and academic visibility. Her research interests are expressions of anti-Blackness in Latin America and the Hispanophone Caribbean, and Black Latinx immigrants’ assimilation process.