Claudia Sandoval is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science and International Relations Department at Loyola Marymount University. Her work focuses on Black-Latino relations, Latino political behavior, and transnational politics. Sandoval’s work has been featured in The Washington Post, Latino Rebels, and Univision. Her most recent article, “Allies or Aliens: Understanding Black and Latine Relations through Racial Naturalization, Alienization, and Certification” (2022), was published by Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Since 2020, Sandoval has served as the Sub-Secretary of Education with the immigrant hometown association Federacion de Clubes Zacatecanos. Sandoval immigrated from Mexico as a child and grew up in Inglewood, CA. She went on to study political science at UCLA for her B.A. and received her Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science from the University of Chicago with concentrations in American politics and race and politics.