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Teaching.

Teaching Philosophy

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I have had the privilege of teaching a wide range of courses at the University of Minnesota and at a high school level at Tecnológico de Monterrey: Campus Eugenio Garza Lagüera and Campus Valle Alto. These experiences in Mexico, the United States and in study abroad programs in France, Germany and Spain have allowed me to work with different types of students diverse in age, abilities, interests, forms of learning, nationality, race and ethnicity. But, despite the differences, whether I am teaching language, culture or literature, my main objectives have always been to create an inclusive environment, to promote intercultural competence, and to foster collaborative learning communities in which the instructor is just a facilitator, not a figure which possesses all the knowledge.

Through a student-centered approach, focusing on these goals has proven to be effective to encourage my students to participate, share their interpretations, knowledge and experiences with others in the classroom. And, to fully develop their linguistic, communicative, interpretive and analytical skills which will be valuable in an academic setting and outside of it. In other words, my teaching philosophy is one that focuses on constructing an inclusive and cross-cultural classroom experience conducive to learning.

Courses Taught

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Assistant Professor – Department of Modern Languages, DePaul University

  • Spanish 379/479: Beyond Human Migration
  • Spanish 202: Advanced Composition and Communication
  • Spanish 201: Advanced Grammar and Communication
  • Spanish 106: Intermediate Spanish III

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Graduate Instructor – Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota

  • Spanish 3920: Memory & Amnesia in Latin American Literary Discourses 
  • Spanish 3512: Modern Latin America 
  • Spanish 3015W: Composition & Communication
  • Spanish 1044: Intermediate Medical Spanish 
  • Spanish 1003: Intermediate Level
  • Spanish 1022: Alternative Second-Semester Spanish

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Teaching Assistant – Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota

  • Spanish 3606:  Human Rights Issues in the Americas

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High School Instructor – Tecnológico de Monterrey – Campus Eugenio Garza Lagüera and Campus Valle Alto 

  • Contemporary History and Politics in Africa, Europe, Middle East and North America 
  • Conflict and Reconstruction in the Twentieth Century  
  • Liberalism and the Expansion of the Industrial Society 
  • Contemporary Mexican History and Politics
  • Research Methodology
  • Spanish: Intermediate Level 
  • Spanish Language, Art, and Literature  
  • Spanish Language, Art, and Culture