Edgar Fidel Lopez

BREAKING: The CDC just announced que eso te pasa por andar descalzo 🦶

My dissertation was selected as the 2nd Place Winner for the (highly competitive & nationwide) 2026 @AAHHEorg Outstanding Dissertation Award! 🥳🎉 #DoctoralResearch #LatinxScholars #HigherEducation #Mentorship #FirstGen

Humbled to share that my PhD dissertation was selected for the AERA Mentorship & Mentoring Practices SIG 2024 Dissertation of the Year Award! 🎉 To my participants—this award is for you. Thank you for your courage, your stories, and your resilience. 🙏🏽 @USCRossier @USCPullias

I passed my PhD Diss Defense✅🙌🏽 Thank you to my family, the 95+ people who attended, all the study participants, and my committee for their critical thoughts/questions: Drs. Adrián Huerta (@USCRossier), @AdriannaKezar, @VictorSaenzPhD, & @TyroneCHoward. Officially, Dr. Lopez 🎉

Turning dreams into degrees, one chapter at a time 📚✍🏽 #PhDGraduation #2024 #Oaxaca

Excited to be at the 2024 @AAHHEorg Conference to (re)connect with scholarly friends and check out these amazing research presentations 🙌🏽

Thrilled to share a major milestone on my Ph.D. journey! 🎓 Successfully passed my dissertation proposal defense. Gratitude to my incredible committee for their support and guidance. One step closer to achieving the dream! 🌟 #PhDProgress #OnToTheNextChapter

@kimblrly Damn they were really like 🥴 University: We want diversity 🙌🏽 *plays Spanish music to represent our cultura* University: No wait, not like that

Forgive your younger self. Believe in your current self. Create your future self. 💯

Excited to share that I just received a research grant to continue my doctoral study! Thank you all for the constant support of this impactful work.

*a minute into writing my research paper* Hocus pocus, I now lost my focus 🥲

One like and I'll go tell my crush: "It's crazy that it's not Halloween yet, and you're already dressed up like the love of my life" 🎃😂

A person in two months can make you feel what a person in two years couldn't. Time means nothing. Character means everything. 👏🏾

All this intense rain makes me want to go outside and dance to Ray J's "One Wish" music video🌧🕺🏽

I love celebrating my Oaxacan culture 🇲🇽🙌🏽 #OaxacanTwitter

You deserve to be in environments that bring out the softness in you, not the survival in you.

@daisy_noriega @sdukehan Congratulations Daisy! And welcome to USC ✌🏽😊

Thank you @LuminaFound for publishing my work on how higher education institutions need to increase resources for student parents. Student parents bring a wealth of assets to college campuses too. Please read/share!🙏🏽 #studentsuccess #studentparents #highered #equity @USCRossier

The last day of 2023 will be 123123 🤯

READ & SHARE: I'm excited to finally start this (near & dear) research study exploring the educational experiences of Oaxacan undergrad students at USC 🙏🏽 Please share this flyer to help me find potential eligible participants! Thank you all🙂 Survey Link: tinyurl.com/OaxacanStudy20…

Seeing my parents navigate this country as immigrants was the fire I needed to never give up ✊🏾