“The ALAA Graduate Travel Award supported my first-time participation in the CAA Annual Conference, where I presented in the session “The State of Central American Art History: Foundations and Future Directions” and attended ALAA events that enriched my knowledge of Latin American art. While in New York, I also visited the Hispanic Society of America and viewed a temporary exhibition featuring an early 19th-century Mexican folding screen, contemporaneous with the Guatemalan biombo I study in my dissertation, making the visit especially significant for my research.”