Curriculum Vitae
Education
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES, CA
September 2016 - Present
PhD in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures (In progress)
GPA: 3.875
Research focused on mapping the emotional geographies of "monstering" the Other in regard to US immigration.
Concentrations: Digital Humanities, Pedagogy
MA in Spanish, June 2018
Committee: Adriana J Bergero (Chair), Maria Teresa de Zubiaurre, John C. Dagenais
Rice University, Houston, TX
August 2012 - May 2016
BA in Hispanic Studies and French Studies
May 2016
GPA 3.85
Student Ambassador to the Kakehashi Project and Japan visit in Summer 2013
STUDY ABROAD in Paris, France
La Sorbonne IV
Sweet Briar College’s Junior Year in France
Fall 2014
Courses Taken: Classical Literature, Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries, History of Paris, and Writing Seminar
Worked as a student teacher in English at an upper level school
Experience
University of California - Los Angeles
Teaching Associate, DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
September 2017 - Present
> Primary Instructor in Spanish Language: Level 1 & 2
> Led Discussion Sections in SPAN 120: Literature in a Historical Context (a survey course of Latin American and Spanish Literature of the 19th and 20th centuries)
> Student Evaluations, Overall Instructor Rating (out of 9): SPAN 1-8.57, SPAN 2-8.57, SPAN 120-8.9
> Awards: Award of Excellence as Rookie T.A. of the Year (2017-18)
> Promoted from Teaching Assistant to Teaching Associate Summer 2018
Evaluator, Test of Oral Proficiency, Office of Instructional Development
September 2017-Present
> Evaluated International Graduate Students in their English Proficiency
> Evaluated their ability to adequately provide instruction in English
Member, Graduate Student Orientation Planning Committee
Summer 2018
FORTHCOMING
Rice University
Intern, RICE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
October 2013-May 2016
> Researched feature leads and alumni accomplishments
> Organized and performed interviews
> Wrote for the magazine and blog
> Managed social media presence while analyzing online interaction statistics
Intern, CENTER FOR PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP
Summer 2014, 2015, 2016
> Investigated nonprofit organizations and notable philanthropists
> Compiled course evaluations
> Organized annual conferences
Committee Chair, SID RICHARDSON RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE
School Years 2013-2014, 2015-2016
Associates Committee, Fall Semester 2015-Spring Semester 2016
> Organized social and networking events between associates (alumni and community volunteers) and students
> Instituted new mentoring program that paired associates with like-minded students
> Recruited new members to associate program
Academic Committee, Fall Semester 2013-Spring Semester 2014
> Arranged student-taught courses and prepared university documentation
> Designed residential college library renovations, catalogued books, and charted library budget
Event Chair, RICE QUEST SCHOLARS (Questbridge Scholarship)
School Year 2012-2014
> Coordinated welcome event for perspective students and study breaks
> Logged all event expenditures and always maintained event expenditures within budget
Freelancing
Letty Trevino Translations
English <-> Spanish
June 2007-Present
> Interview materials UCLA Project Health Literacy (Ojas Abhijit Deshpande)
> Handwritten Letter by Antonio Jimeno, 1864 (Dr. Jesse Aleman, University of New Mexico)
> Un matrimonio como hay muchos: Novela contemporánea by Eusebio José Gómez, 1848 (Group Translation, Dr. José Aranda, Rice University)
> Los Pochos by Jorge Ainslie, 1934 (Group Translation, Dr. José Aranda, Rice University)
> Promotional Brochures (Garil Massage Therapy)
> Thai Massage Training Manual (Yuri Thai Massage)
The Tutoring Lady
August 2009-August 2016
> Taught students between the ages 5-18, and 45-78 in all levels of Spanish focusing on conversational Spanish
> Tutored High School Students in English 1-4/AP/IB HL, Spanish 1-4/AP Lit./IB SLHL, French 1-3, Japanese 1/2, World Geography, U.S. History AP, European History IB HL, Algebra I/II, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Biology I/AP/IB HL, U.S. Government AP, Macroeconomics AP
SOEUR ROSALIE – LOUISE DE MARILLAC SCHOOL, Paris, France
English Student Teacher
Fall Semester 2014
> Taught students between the ages of 14-16
> Explained key grammar concepts
> Evaluated oral presentations and writing samples
Conferences
International American Studies Association (IASA) World Conference
VIII - Marginalia: The Borders of the Border (July 2017)
> Violence in the Construction of a Mexican-American Masculinity
Publications
Revista Guaraguao: Revista de cultura Latinoaméricana (Barcelona, Spain)
FORTHCOMING
> Book Review, The Precarious in the Cinemas of the Americas (eds. Burucúa, Constanza, Sitnisky, Carolina)