Meet Alejandro Frydman, 2023 Fund for Latino Scholarship Recipient

Alejandro Frydman is a PhD student in the department of political science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research largely focuses on the politicization of Latino identity. He plans to explore the intersection of a pan-ethnic Latino identity and national heritage identities, focusing on the political implications of heritage-based diversity within the Latino community. Additionally, he is interested in survey methodology. Before graduate school, Alejandro worked in political campaigns and survey research. He obtained a B.A. in political science from Washington University in St. Louis. With the support of the Fund for Latino Scholarship, Alejandro plans to begin fieldwork across U.S. cities conducting in-depth interviews with Latino community members.


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