Contact Information
4118 Foreign Language Building
707 S Matthew Ave. Urbana, IL 61801
707 S Matthew Ave. Urbana, IL 61801
Office Hours
By appointment
FLB 4118
FLB 4118
Graduate Student
Research Interests
- The Amazon rainforest literature and visual arts in Peru, Colombia, and Brazil.
- Ecocriticism, Visual Culture, Space Theory and Film Studies in Latin America.
Education
- MA in Spanish Literature & Culture, UIUC
- BA in Journalism. San Marcos National University, Perú
Grants
- AY 2021/22 Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship.
- AY 2020/21 Lemann Graduate Fellowship for Brazilian Studies.
- 2021 Whitten Summer Fellowship for Research in Latin America, Center of Latin American & Caribbean Studies at UIUC.
- 2017 Summer fellowship, Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
- 2019 Summer fellowship, Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
- 2015 Summer Tinker Fellowship for graduate student research, Center of Latin American & Caribbean Studies at UIUC.
Awards and Honors
- 2022 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
- 2022 Graduate Student Teaching Award, Department of Spanish and Portuguese,
- 2020 Best Graduate Paper Award, Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
- List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students: Fall 2014, Spring 2015*, Fall 2015*, Spring 2016*, Fall 2016*, Spring 2017*, Fall 2017, Fall 2018*, Spring 2019, Fall 2019*, Spring 2020*, Summer 2020*. (* The instructor ratings were outstanding)
- 2014 Recognition for her contribution in the fight against human trafficking in Peru, Comisión Andina de Juristas.
Courses Taught
- SPAN 103: Intermediate Spanish
- SPAN 141: Intro to Spanish Grammar
- SPAN 208: Oral Spanish
- SPAN 200: Readings in Hispanic Texts
- SPAN 228: Spanish Composition
- SPAN 228: Spanish Composition for Heritage Speakers
- SPAN 254: Introduction to Cultural Analysis
- IFLIP Advanced Spanish - Winter 2018
- SPAN 250: Introduction to Literary Analysis
- SPAN 202: Spanish for Business