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Contact Information

4034 Literatures, Cultures, Linguistics Building
707 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Office Hours

Fall 2025:
M 10-10:50 in Tutoring Room 4118
W 10-10:50 in Office 4034
Or by appointment
Graduate Student, Teaching Assistant

Research Interests

  • SLA
  • Dialectal Variations

Education

  • Master's of Arts in Hispanic Linguistics - In progress
  • Bachelor's of Arts in the Teaching of Spanish with K-12 ESL and 9-12 Mathematics Endorsements - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2025
  • Illinois Professional Education License  

Awards and Honors

  • 2025 Departmental Bonnie S. Jugenheimer Award
  • 2025 ICTFL World Language Teaching Majors Award
  • 2025 WLTE Future Teacher Award
  • 2025 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Senior 100 Honor Distinction
  • 2025 Illinois Promise Pillars Award
  • 2025 Illinois Promise Spirit Award
  • 2025 Marching Illini Loyalty Scholarship
  • 2024 Illinois Club Isabelle Purnell Education Award
  • 2023 Departmental Frances E. Smith Scheidel Award
  • 2021 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Walter Wilson Scholarship
  • 2021-22, '22-23, '23-24, '24-25 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign President's Award

Courses Taught

Spanish 122: Intensive Elementary Spanish

Additional Campus Affiliations

  • Marching Illini Color Guard Alumna
  • Student Alumni Ambassadors Alumna
  • College of LAS Ambassador Alumna