Education
Education
Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics (May 2027)
University of Houston, Houston, Tx, USA
Dissertation: “Crosslinguistic Influence in Lexical Stress Production and Perception among Heritage Spanish Speakers in the U.S.”
Committee: Elizabeth Goodin-Mayeda, Julio César López-Otero, Manuel J. Gutiérrez, Ji Young Kim
M.A. in Modern Languages (Ago 2020)
Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico
B.A. in Language Teaching Studies (Dec 2017)
Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico
Research
Human Research, Social-Behavioral-Educational Researchers (2024)
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Program, CITI
Conflict of Interest in Research (2024)
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Program, CITI
Information Privacy & Security, FERPA (2024)
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Program, CITI
Teaching
Managing the Teaching and Learning Process, TKT Module 3 (2018)
Cambridge English Language Assessment, University of Cambridge
Lesson Planning & Use of Resources for Language Teaching, TKT Module 2 (2018)
Cambridge English Language Assessment, University of Cambridge
Language & Background to Language Learning & Teaching, TKT Module 1 (2018)
Cambridge English Language Assessment, University of Cambridge
Summer Graduate Award (Jun 2026)
Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Houston
Graduate Excellence Award (Feb 2026)
Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Houston
Cullen Fellowship Travel Grant (Oct 2024)
Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Houston
SECIHTI (CONAHCYT) Doctorate Scholarship Award (Sep 2023)
National Council for Humanities Sciences and Technologies of Mexico
Hellmund Endowment Fellowship (Aug 2023)
Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Houston
CONAHCYT Masters Scholarship Award (Aug 2018)
National Council for Humanities Sciences and Technologies of Mexico
ACTFL, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (2025)
Member
TESOL International Association (2025)
Member
Linguistic Society of America (2024)
Member
Applied Linguistics & Literature Association (2024)
President 2024; 2025; 2026
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (2023)
Member
Language
Spanish: native
English: C2 (Duolingo English Test, 2023; TOEFL iBT, 2020)
French C1 (Moebian–Rosetta Stone Language Test, 2017)
Technical
Statistical Analysis and data visualization: SPSS, R
Speech Analysis: PRAAT, Audacity
Creation of experiments: Qualtrics, Teams, Zoom
LMS: Canvas, BrightSpace (D2L), Blackboard