Kimberly Arriaga-Gonzalez

Class of 2026

Faculty Advisor: Regina Pieck

Peer Mentor: J. Rubén Díaz-Vásquez

Kimberly Arriaga-Gonzalez was born and raised in Southern Delaware. She graduated from Salisbury University with a B.A. in Philosophy, English and a minor in Biology. During undergrad, Kimberly participated in facilitating public philosophy programs like Philosophy for Children and the Eastern Correctional Institute Book Group. She was a recipient of the 2022-2023 Fulbright English teaching fellowship in Peru, where she taught at both Colegios de Alto Rendimiento Tumbes and Madre de Dios. After receiving the 2024 Citizens Diplomacy Action Fund grant she co-led the project “Entre rio y bosque: Science Education Outreach in Madre de Dios, Peru.”

Kimberly’s practice as a philosopher draws from reflections on diasporic violence for her scholarship. Influenced by the works of Maria Lugones, Miguel Leon Portilla, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and Simone de Beauvoir, she focuses on the importance of liberatory practices in creativity and how they manifest in storytelling. Kimberly is interested in restructuring conversations of the ancient world and bringing Greek philosophers into conversation with notorious Nahua works like Nezahualcoyotl’s poetry or Miguel Leon Portilla’s translation of the Nican Mopohua.

In her free time, Kimberly joins her friends in a feminist book club, spends time at Cape Henlopen beach and spends time with her cats.