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Raziel (she/her/hers) earned her Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology and Socio-Medical Sciences at Columbia University in New York City.  Her dissertation focused on unaccompanied Mexican migrant youth that form part of a Minnesota-Morelos transnational circuit.  Raziel also completed her MA/MPhil in Socio-medical Sciences at Columbia U after earning her Licenciatura in Social Anthropology at the UAEM (Autonomous University of the State of Morelos) .

Prior to her graduate studies in the USA, Raziel worked in Morelos on issues related to youth, gender, sexuality, identity, sexual and reproductive health, violence, and U.S.-Mexico migration. From 2004 to 2006, Raziel was a Research Assistant and Mexican Mentor for a summer program “Feeding the Family in Troubled Times,” which involved a bio-cultural study of patterns of work, consumption and nutrition at the household level in two communities of Morelos. 

In 2009, while in New York, Raziel became involved with the Latino community, researching access to medical care and breast cancer screening, as well as the impact of mobility on HIV care and treatment.

Raziel has worked with Augsburg's CGEE programs in Mexico periodically for many years, serving primarily as an adjunct professor. She is currently a full-time faculty member at Augsburg University, where she is teaching hybrid/online courses. 

In Spring 2022, Raziel will co-teach the Social Work course on Comparative Social Policies with Susan Carlin, as well as give interdisciplinary guest lectures on diverse topics. She will also be teaching full-time hybrid/online Sociology classes at Augsburg in Minneapolis.