Overview
Ariel M. Dela Cruz (they/he) is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Performing and Media Arts at Cornell University. Their doctoral research operates at the intersections of queer studies, trans studies, Filipinx diasporic studies, performance studies, and studies of care ethics and is grounded in their experiences as a queer, trans, and Filipinx community and care worker. Their doctoral research examines how Filipinx tomboys utilize performance to negotiate gendered spaces across the Filipinx labour diaspora and engage in alternative modes of care work. Their doctoral research is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship. Ariel holds a B.Sc. with Honours in Neuroscience and Psychology and a M.A. in Women and Gender Studies from the University of Toronto.