Diana is a researcher with over five years of research experience, focusing primarily on Latin America. Her research interests include: environmental justice, social movements, citizenship, gender-based violence, gender norm transformation, decolonial and feminist methodologies, and social justice more broadly.

She is a PhD candidate in International Development at the University of East Anglia and the University of Copenhagen. She also holds an MPhil degree (with distinction) in Development Studies from the University of Oxford, where she was a Weidenfeld-Hoffman Scholar.

She has authored published research, as well as various academic book reviews. Diana is also a co-founder of two feminist initiatives in Mexico.