New Cabell Hall 436
Office Hours: Wed 1:30-2:30pm

Education

Ph.D. Spanish Literature, University of Virginia  expected  (2024)

M.A. in Hispanic Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas  (2019)

• Graduate Research Certification (2018)

B.A. in Spanish, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2015)

• Minor in Italian Studies (2015)

A.A. in International Languages, College of Southern Nevada (2012)

Research Interests

• Latin American Literature of the 20th and 21st century
• Literature of the Spanish Golden Age
• Iberian Literature of the 19th and 20th century
• Gender and Sexuality
• Queer Studies
• Minorities and underrepresented voices  
• Mexican Culture
• Latin American and Spanish Cinema
• Marginalization
• Globalization
• Diaspora 

Teaching

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

• Elementary Spanish I (SPAN 113) fall 2016, fall 2017, spring 2018, fall 2018
• Elementary Spanish II 2017 (SPAN 114) fall 2017, spring 2018
• Intermediate Spanish I 2018 (SPAN 213) Fall 2018

Presentations

“El homosexual y el revolucionario en El beso de la mujer araña”.Gender and Genre: Diversity in Latin American and Iberian Languages and Cultures. University of Colorado Boulder. March 16-17, 2018.

"Travestismo, machismo y la doble moral en El lugar sin límites". 4th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities: "World Cinema" California State University, Sacramento. Saturday October 27th, 2018.

Publications

“Recursos de Pascual Duarte: escritura, destino y presagio”. El Cid Magazine  2019

Grants & Awards

Millennium Scholarship recipient  Fall 2004

Memberships 

• Cervantes Society of America  2018-present
• The National Society of Leadership and Success 2015
• International Dean’s List Society 2015
• French Club of College of Southern Nevada 2013
• Organization of Vistas of Hispanic Studies (organizing committee member) 2018