Service

Academic Service

  1. Undergraduate Advisor for Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Classics. Romance and Classical Studies Department (2020-2021)

  2. Copyeditor: Revista de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades (REGS). Romance and Classical Studies Department (2019-2020)

  3. Co-Editor: TROPOS Journal. Romance and Classical Studies Department (2017-2019)

  4. Student Representative for College of Arts & Letters – College Graduate Council (2017-2018)

  5. Romance and Classical Studies department Steward for the Graduate Employees Union (2015-2018)

  6. Co-Chair: Graduate Student Association and Conference-TROPOS (2015-2017)

  7. Reader for TROPOS Graduate Journal (2016-2017)

  8. Graduate Student Representative for the Graduate Advisory Committee in Romance and Classical Studies department (2015-2016)

  9. Treasurer of Graduate Student Association – TROPOS (2014-2015)

Other Professional and Community Activities

  1. Invited Speaker: “What Happens to a Dream Deferred.” 7th Annual ESU Latino Film Series. Department of Modern Languages, Philosophy & Religion. East Stroudsburg University. East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. October 20, 2019

  2. Invited Speaker: “What Happens to a Dream Deferred.” Cine-Lit 9 Conference. The University of Oregon, Portland State University, and Oregon State University. Portland, Oregon. March 8-12, 2019

  3. Invited Speaker: “What Happens to a Dream Deferred.” 16th Annual TROPOS Graduate Student Conference. Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. October 12, 2018

  4. Invited Speaker: “What Happens to a Dream Deferred.” Tulipanes Latino Art & Film Festival. Center for Diversity and Inclusion. Hope College. Holland, Michigan. September 19, 2018

  5. Invited Speaker: “What Happens to a Dream Deferred.” Edgewood United Church, East Lansing, Michigan. July 9, 2018

  6. Invited Speaker: “What Happens to a Dream Deferred.” FLM 260: Intro to Digital Film & Media. Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. April 26, 2018

  7. Invited Speaker: “What Happens to a Dream Deferred.” IAH 203: Latin America & the World. Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. April 12, 2018

  8. Invited Speaker: “What Happens to a Dream Deferred.” JRN 445: Images & Messages. Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. February 28, 2018

  9. Panelist: Into the Beautiful North (2009) by Luis Alberto Urrea. National Endowment for the Arts: Big Read Project. Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. March 16, 2018

  10. Invited Speaker: “What Happens to a Dream Deferred.” National Endowment for the Arts: Big Read Kick-Off.Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. March 15, 2018

  11. Organizer for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read Project in the Lansing Capital Area. Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. August 2017- April 2018

  12. Tech-Graduate Assistant, Website Designer, and Panelist: The Migration Studies and the Humanist Perspective Symposium. Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. February 16, 2018

  13. Committee Member: 2nd Annual CLACS Graduate Student Conference. Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. February 9, 2018

  14. Assistant for the Latin@ Young Adult Literature (YAL) Project. Dollar General Literacy Foundation Grant. Lansing Eastern High School Student Latin@ Club. Lansing, Michigan. November 2015-March 2016

  15. Invited Speaker: “The Resilience of an American Dream.” 6th Annual Regional César E. Chávez Commemorative Celebration and Community Leadership Awards. Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives. Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. April 1, 2016

  16. Founding Member and Website Designer of MSU Latinx Film Festival. Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. September 1, 2017 – Present

  17. Co-Organizer: DACA Support Group at Cristo Rey Church. Lansing, Michigan. September-November, 2017

  18. Co-Organizer and Panelist: 16th TROPOS Conference. Romance and Classical Studies Department. “On Cruel Modernity: A conversation with Jean Franco” (Panelist). Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. October 21-22, 2016

  19. Co-Organizer and interpreter: Ayotzinapa: A Search for Justice. Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. November 7, 2016

  20. Co-Organizer and actor: Adaptation of Griselda Gambaro’s Antígona furiosa. Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. November 17, 2015