My Interest

 

My experiences as a transfronterizo have shaped my research agenda surrounding the ideas of language, race, and identity. I am interested in the intersections of phonetics/phonology and pragmatics in heritage and Mexican migrant communities in the borderlands of the US Southwest. 

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My dissertation project focuses on the Spanish of San Diego, CA. As a member of this community, I wish to explore more about how we speak Spanish and provide an insight into the intricacies of Spanish in contact in the borderlands. 

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Other interests include:​

• Mesoamerican Languages: Nahuatl, Maya, P'urepecha.

• Quantitative Sociolinguistics

• Languages in Contact: Bilingualism, Diglossia, SLA.

• Phonetics-Pragmatics Interphase.

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Outside the academy, I enjoy reading and writing, as well as rock en español and Spanish films and series. I play the violin and chill with my cat Chofis.