Mitxy Meneses Gutierrez is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Goldsmiths, University of London (UK). She is affiliated with the Centre for Postcolonial Studies and funded by the Mexican Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT). She has been an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Goldsmiths. Her research focuses on Transborderism and its policy implications at the US-Mexico border, specifically transborder students living in the Cali-Baja region. Her research critically engages with Contemporary Border Studies, Migration, Transnationalism, Transborderism and International Cooperation. She previously worked with the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) stationed at the Mexicali-Calexico border.