I am an Associate Professor of
Spanish and Bilingual/Bicultural Education
in the Department of Global Studies and World Languages
at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota, USA.
I direct the Bilingual/Bicultural Education Minor program for preservice teachers.
My research areas include sociolinguistics in education, language attitudes, Spanish as a Heritage Language, and Bilingual/Bicultural Education.
I am a recipient of a Fulbright-Hays Short Term Projects award (June 2022) in Otavalo, Ecuador, with co-director Dr. Linda D'Amico.
For the 2022-2023 school year, I am in Toluca, Mexico on a Fulbright Scholar award investigating TEFL and bilingual education in indigenous communities.