Graduate Conference on Law, Conscience, and Migration Today

Ingrid Bustos Aleman is pursuing a dual degree in Theology and Social Work at Boston College. She is a dedicated advocate for education equity and community empowerment. She graduated with a dual major in History and Secondary Education at Dominican University. As an advocate she has developed different avenues to amplify undocumented voices, such as a podcast and other social media platforms. Ingrid is known to use storytelling as a form of advocacy, encouraging others to share their own story on the podcast “The Undocumented Archives.” During her time at Dominican, she was president of the Undocumented and Immigrant Allyance which promoted awareness of undocumented student experiences through impactful events and mentoring peers. She has presented these initiatives at conferences such as Caritas Veritas and El Futuro. Ingrid's efforts extend to researching undocumented student retention, facilitating college resource workshops, and creating inclusive spaces on campus. She will continue to carry her passion for storytelling and advocacy to inspire change, foster greater equity and understanding across diverse communities through her professional field.

Jasmin Gonzalez is a first year PhD candidate in the Integrative Studies in Ethics and Theology program at Loyola University of Chicago. She received her Master's of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a BA in Biblical Studies and Theology from Azusa Pacific University. Jasmin has served campus ministries at Azusa Pacific University and Princeton University and continues to bridge her academic work with her commitment to worship communities. Her research interests include womanist ethics, Christian nationalism, theological aesthetics, Hebrew poetry, prophetic imagination, and migration/immigration Christian ethics.

Martha Guerrero is a doctoral candidate at Yale University’s History Department. Her research focuses on legal immigration pathways and asylum reform during the late twentieth century. Guerrero’s research has been supported by the Mellon Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, Yale Law School, University of California-San Diego, and Maria Moors Cabot Prizes. Guerrero holds a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University.

Andy Hall (he/him) is a Ph.D. student in Theological Ethics at BC. He earned his BA and JD at the University of Arizona. He worked as a lawyer for six years in the public and private sectors, primarily in the area of immigration law. He then attended Princeton Theological Seminary, where he earned his Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Christian Education and Formation.
Andy’s research focuses on Christian ethical thought as it pertains to issues of immigration, immigration law, borders, and refugee protection. He asks whether states’ purported sovereign right to exclude noncitizens, and to impose coercive border controls toward that end, is justifiable, and to what degree such purported right can be constrained by customary international law, treaties like the UN Refugee Convention, domestic constitutional law, human rights principles, and democratic norms.
Andy’s other research interests include theological anthropology, political theology, Biblical studies, American jurisprudence, and international relations. Andy is an ordained deacon and ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA), and is also certified ready to receive a call as a minister of Word and Sacrament in that denomination. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

Sarah Hansman is a doctoral student in theological ethics at Boston College, originally from the South Shore of Massachusetts. She graduated Boston College in 2018 with a B.A. in theology. Upon graduation, she spent several years in the corporate sector, working in tech sales while simultaneously serving as the development manager for the Women's Foundation of Boston, a 401c3 nonprofit. After much discernment, Sarah returned to Boston College to get her M.Div. at the Clough School of Theology and Ministry where her theological interests came to the forefront.Sarah’s research interests center broadly around sex and gender in the Catholic Church. She is specifically interested in the moral agency and the role language, labels, and imagination plays in shaping understandings sex, gender, and Catholicism. Her work draws on liberation, queer, and political theologies with the aim of integrating public scholarship into her doctoral studies. In addition to her studies, Sarah is a hospital chaplain at Boston Medical Center-Brighton and an active prison minister. She is passionate about community organizing, preaching, public speaking, and writing. 

Guinevere Keith is a graduate student in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University. She earned her MA in Political Science from Boston University, and she integrates social scientific methods into her research on applied Christian ethics and American military mobilization. Guinevere also serves as a Catholic lay minister at the Center for Peace and Justice Education, where she teaches workshops on student advocacy, interfaith dialogue, and resisting Christian nationalism.  

Eryn Reyes Leong is an attorney and first-year Ph.D. student in Theological Ethics at Boston College whose academic and professional life have been inspired by her Catholic faith and strong commitment to public service.  She double majored in Political Science and Religious Studies, with a minor in Anthropology, at Santa Clara University, and obtained her law degree, with a certificate in Environmental Law, from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's William S. Richardson School of Law.  As a mother scholar and former military spouse, she has lived across the United States with her family, serving various communities.  Today, her legal studies and faith are being brought into fullness through the intersection of law and theology.

M. Mookie C. Manalili is a psychotherapist, professor, and researcher with particular interest in suffering, embodiment, narratives, forgiveness, and justice. Mookie is an LICSW psychotherapist in a private group practice, utilizing narrative therapy, psychoanalytic approaches, mindfulness traditions, and trauma neuroscience. He is also Part-Time Faculty at the School of Social Work and Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. Additionally, he is co-chair of Psychology and the Other Conference, associate editor of the namesake book series through Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group, and co-leader of the Psychological Humanities Lab with David Goodman at Boston College. Finally, he's a PhD Student at Boston University, studying Pastoral Counseling and Psychology, studying under Steven Sandage with the Danielsen Institute's Center for Study of Religion and Psychology. Mookie consults for various dioceses and projects in the Roman Catholic Church. In all his various roles, Mookie hopes to participate in our duty to better our society: particularly for folks who disproportionately suffer injustices; for the widow, orphan, and stranger.

Jaret Ornelas, S.J. is a Jesuit in formation at the Boston College Clough School of Theology in Ministry. Prior to entering the Society of Jesus, Jaret earned a bachelor’s degree in Chicana/o studies and Spanish from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and served with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Belize working in campus ministry at St. John’s College and at a detention center for young people. He earned a master’s degree in Philosophy and Social Sciences at the ITESO–Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara in Mexico. From 2020-2023 Jaret worked with displaced people on the US-Mexico at the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, MX where he offered direct humanitarian aid and organized US-focused education and advocacy efforts. For the last five years, he has been a volunteer with Battalion Search and Rescue, a volunteer organization which searches for people injured or deceased while crossing the US-Mexico borderlands.

Margaret Ruthven is a second-year Master of Divinity student at Princeton Theological Seminary with a focus in Religion and Society. Margaret was born and raised in Florida, where she attended Flagler College and earned a BA in Religion/Philosophy with a minor in Youth Ministry. Margaret is currently serving in field education for the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations (NYC). Margaret serves the student body as the Moderator of the Student Government Association and as a Preceptor for four sections of Speech Communication in Ministry.

Molly Snakenberg is a graduate student at the Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry pursuing a Masters of Arts in Theology and Ministry with a concentration in theology and the arts. She is interested in the intersection of art and theology as well as the healing effects that engaging in the arts can have on individuals and communities. As a visual artist, she creates mostly through painting, drawing, and photography and connects this with her theological and ministerial studies.