Amirah Orozco

Amirah Orozco is a PhD student in the Theology Department with a subdiscipline of Systematic Theology. She is originally from the Border between ElPaso, Texas and Juárez, Chihuahua. She comes to academic Theology through questions of liberation and emancipation of the poor and marginalized. She is most interested in feminist as well as decolonial theologies. She currently serves as a graduate coordinator of the Working Group on Óscar Romero. Her dissertation is on the thought of Ignacio Ellacuría, one of the Jesuit martyrs of El Salvador.

Before coming to Notre Dame, Amirah worked with Latine immigrants both in Boston and Chicago. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from Boston College (2019) and a Master's of Theological Studies from Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (2021).