Catie interviews Dr. Eli Silva-Martinez, Associate Professor at University of Puerto Rico, Río

Piedras and Co-Director of the campus organization, Siempre Vivas, which works with survivors

of intimate partner violence, dating violence, sexual violence, and stalking at the University of

Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.

Dr. Silva-Martinez shares with Catie how her work “honors the voices of women”, particularly

Latina women, from an ethnographic perspective. She and Catie discuss the importance of

amplifying the voices of Latinas and immigrants in the field of intimate partner violence and

sexual violence and how Dr. Silva-Martinez’s story shaped her work. They also discuss the

creative ways Dr. Silva-Martinez disseminates her work, which includes her experience working

with community partners to research and produce an award-winning documentary,

Desempacando.