Fernando Salinas-Quiroz is an Assistant Professor in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University.

Their work sits at the intersection of psychology, education, transgender studies, and social justice.

Dr. Salinas-Quiroz's research challenges traditional fixed-sequence theories of human development, focusing on the fluid nature of gender identity and expression.

Their work aims to transferm childhood, parenting, schools, and decision-making processes to ensure life-sustaining resources are accessible to all, regardless of institutional legibility.