Lauren Benjamin MushroLauren Benjamin Mushro is a PhD student in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Johns Hopkins University. Her work mainly focuses on counterculture DIY media productions and democratic transitions in Spain, Portugal, and Brazil. Musho's studies at Hopkins are interdisciplinary, allowing her research on Spanish and Lusophone gender politics to overlap with contemporary art, media theory, and film studies. Prior to arriving at Hopkins, Lauren earned a BA in Political Science and Hispanic Studies at Boston College, where she graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and won the Andrés Bello Award. In recent years Mushro entered the production side of film, where she learned film editing and montage skills through courses at El Centre de Cultura de Dones Francesca Bonnemaison and while working in post-production on Wegenstein's film 'The Conductor.' Read More Read Less