Presentations Publications Awards Grants Research Interests

Presentations

Research, Presentations & Publications

Conference Presentations

7th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Qualitative Methodologies
University of South Florida – Tampa, FL | April 20, 2024
Paper: “Identity, Agency, and Reflection on Teaching Languages Using Digital Technology: A Duoethnography.”

AATSP Annual Conference 2022 – Main Presenter
San Juan, Puerto Rico | July 9–12, 2022
Paper: “Augmented Reality Applications in the World Language Classroom.”

Bay Area Regional TESOL (BART) 2020 – Presenter
Presentation: “Revamping Old Technology in the Classroom.”

Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress 2019 – Main Presenter
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile – Santiago de Chile, Chile | June 2019
Paper: “Analysis of Evaluative Meaning of English Idioms in Native and Second Language Learners.”

8th Annual USF Spanish Fair – Guest Speaker
University of South Florida – Tampa, FL | 2013
Launched a digital literary magazine for Spanish literature to bridge secondary and higher education in Spanish language instruction.

Literary Congress – 21st Southeast Conference for Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Film – Main Presenter
University of South Florida – Tampa, FL | February 2014
Paper: “The Treatment of Death as a Refashioning of the Picaresque and a Nation.”

Poetry Symposium – Main Presenter
University of South Florida – Tampa, FL | 2013

Research Experience & Publications

“The Treatment of Death as a Refashioning of the Picaresque and a Nation.”
Presented at the 21st Southeast Conference for Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Film, University of South Florida, February 2014.

“Long-Term Benefits of Bilingual Education.”
University of Tampa – Tampa, FL, 2011.

“De camuflajes y otros destinos.”
Short story published in Classic Subversive Magazine (Spanish Language), Tampa, June 2020.

Poem “El viaje.”
Published by the Tampa Public Library System, 2013.

Research Interests

Augmented Reality · Technology in Second Language Acquisition · Foreign Language Education · Teacher Education · Educational Technology · Bilingualism · Spanish Language and Literature · Literary Analysis


Awards & Grants

Awards

Best Student Paper Award
7th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Qualitative Methodologies
University of South Florida – Tampa, FL | 2024
Paper: “Identity, Agency, and Reflection on Teaching Languages Using Digital Technology: A Duoethnography.”
Received $250 and a certificate of recognition.

First Place – Spanish Poetry Contest
Hillsborough County Public Library System – Tampa, FL | 2013
Awarded $250 for an original Spanish poem.

First Place – Scientific Fair
University of Havana – Havana, Cuba | 1993
Recognized for the creation of a Braille linguistic system to help blind learners study English.

Grants

Student Government Grant
University of South Florida – Tampa, FL | 2022
Awarded $500 to attend the AATSP Annual Conference.

Travel Grant – 46th International Congress of Systemic Functional Linguistics
Santiago de Chile, Chile | 2019
Received $750 to cover travel expenses.

Education Foundation Grant
University of South Florida – Tampa, FL | July 2019
Provided $300 for registration fees to attend the Functional Systemic Linguistics Congress in Chile.

The Qualitative Research Conference (TQR) Grant
Fort Lauderdale, FL | 2019
Selected as Group Leader and awarded $373.50 to attend the TQR Conference.

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