Education:

M.A. in Spanish, University of Virginia (expected 2022)
M.A. in Creative Writing, Pompeu Fabra University, 2016
B.S. in Psychology, Carlos Albizu University, 2015
A.S. in Social Sciences, Essex County College, 2013

Research Interests:

• 20th and 21st century Caribbean and Latin American literatures 
• Migration, diaspora and U.S. Latinx studies  
• Discourses of identity, memory and place
• Women and gender studies

Grants & Awards:

• Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship in Caribbean Studies (University of Virginia, 2020-2025)
• Dean’s Doctoral Fellowship (University of Virginia, 2020-2025)
• Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Research Grant (University of Virginia, 2020)
• Master’s Final Project Distinction of Excellence (Pompeu Fabra University, 2016)
• Distinguished Student Medal (Carlos Albizu University, 2015)
• Dominican Heritage Student Grant (Carlos Albizu University, 2014)