Måsi Santos (she/her) is an Indigenous Pacific Islander (Chamoru) from the Mariana Islands in Micronesia, specifically Luta and Guåhan. She received a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and a master’s degree in English (Linguistics emphasis) from the Unibetsedåt Guåhan, and is a PhD student in the Berkeley Linguistics Department. As a speaker of her Indigenous language (Chamoru), she is a staunch advocate for reclamation and revitalization of Indigenous languages in her homelands and worldwide.
Måsi Santos (she/her) focuses her research in Linguistics on the phonetics/phonology of her Indigenous language (Chamoru), as well as the application of language reclamation and revitalization through academic scholarship and creative expressions of language, e.g. poetry, prose, play-/screenwriting.