Linda Esquivel is a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow at UCLA. She is pursuing a bachelor’s in History and a minor in Labor and Workplace Studies. She grew up in the California’s conservative Central Valley which inspired her to research the history of the “Other California.”  She is currently working on her senior thesis, which seeks to explore the historical relationship between undocumented workers, native citizens, and law enforcement in Kern County. Her research will contribute to national discussions on police brutality and immigration reform in the age of Trumpism.