About Me
As a proud first-generation Andalusian scholar, I am a PhD Candidate in Latin American, Iberian, and Luso-Afro-Brazilian Literatures and Cultures at Rutgers University. With a multifaceted background in ELE, TEFL, Academic Management, Operations, and Literary Criticism, I've cultivated a keen aptitude for project management and educational dynamics. These experiences have equipped me with the ability to orchestrate projects that bridge education, culture, and intellectual pursuits. Founder and editor of Revista Ímpetu, I collaborate with poets, artists and academics worldwide.
EDUCATION
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
PhD in Latin American, Iberian, and Luso-Afro-Brazilian Literatures and Cultures, expected May 2025
- Dissertation: “Po-éticas de la secreción: cuerpo y escrituras queer en el exilio español republicano”
- Committee: Karen Elizabeth Bishop, Yeon-Soo Kim and Camilla Stevens
University of Cádiz, Spain
MA in Hispanic Studies, 2024
- Thesis: “Poética y exilio: aproximaciones teóricas”, with Distinction
- Advisor: Fátima Coca Ramírez
Auburn University, Auburn, AL
MA of Arts in Spanish, 2021
- Thesis: “Arte y Simbiosis: Leonard Cohen y Federico García Lorca”
- Committee: Jorge Muñoz, Jana Gutiérrez Kerns and Ezekiel Stear
University of Cádiz, Spain
BA in Hispanic Linguistics and Literatures, 2019
BA in English Linguistics and Literatures, 2019
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS & AWARDS
- Doctoral Scholar’s Fellowship. 3 years of full funding and stipend. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (2021-2025)
- Excellence Fellowship. Stipend. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (2023-2024)
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Graduate Student Advisory Committee. Small grant. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (2023-2024)
- Excellence in Graduate Service Award, Graduate Student Association, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (2022-2023)
- Spanish Department Grant for Developing Cultural Projects. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (2022-2023)
- Outstanding International Student Award of the Year for Academic Excellence. Auburn University, AL (2021)
- Appreciation Award in recognition and service to the Graduate Student Council. GSC, Auburn University, AL (2021)
- Graduate Fellowship. 2 years of full funding and stipend. Auburn University, AL (2019-2021)
- Research Fellowship. Postgraduate Tuition Remission. University of Cádiz, Spain (2021)
- SICUE National Scholarship. Tuition Remission. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain (2017-2018)
- ERASMUS+ Fellowship. Tuition Remission and stipend. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (2016-2017)
- Russian Language and Culture Fellowship in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. Tuition Remission. Instituto Pushkin and University of Cádiz, Spain (2016)
- Becas del Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional de España para los Estudiantes de Grado. Tuition Remission. University of Cádiz, Spain (2014-2019)