Welcome to my page!

I am a PhD candidate in my seventh year at UCSC. My research interests lie broadly in phonology, phonetics, and language documentation and revitalization.

I am a member and past co-organizer of Equity in Linguistics (EquiL), the department’s grad-student-led working group on pedagogy, equity, and inclusion in Linguistics.

I also contribute to the Zapotec Language Project and Nido de Lenguas.

Photo of a digital recorder in a field with trees and mountains

mwaxcava@ucsc.edu