Office Location & Contact
- Lalumiere Hall, #487
(414) 288-6834
E-mail
I was born and raised in Colombia, South America and I am the middle child of three. I attended all girl Catholic school run by nuns until I was in college. I attended the University of Pamplona in Colombia, where I got my B.A. is Spanish, Literature and French. Later, I got my M.A. in Applied Educational Research in the University of Santo Tomas in Bucaramanga, Colombia. I married and moved to the U.S. in the 1980s and got my second M.A. in Spanish Language and Literature in Marquette University. I have been teaching at Marquette since 1994. I have taught a variety of levels of Spanish such as the beginner’s level as well as the intermediate courses on conversation and composition. I have also collaborated in the translation of various children’s books from English into Spanish.
My favorite areas of Spanish are especially linguistics, literature and culture. I am also interested in philology. I served as coordinator of the Spanish 010 course from 1997 to 2000. I love to teach and I love being able to meet students. One of my biggest goals in teaching is to dispel and fight stereotypes in general, but more specifically those that deal with Spanish speakers. I think it is a valuable lesson to learn from Spanish classes.
I am married and I have a daughter in her twenties. In addition to teaching, some of the things I like to do for fun are spend time with my family, read good novels in English or Spanish, cook and travel. I also like to participate in the various community service activities done by Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish Honor Society.
Teaching Fields
- Spanish 1001, 1002
- Beginner’s Level 1003, 2002, and 2003
- Intermediate Level 3001 and 3002
- Composition and Conversation
Office Hours
FALL 2010
- MW 4:00 - 5:00
- F 1:00 - 2:00
Teaching Schedule
FALL 2010
- SPAN 3001, MWF 11:00 - 12:00
- SPAN 3002, MWF 12:00 - 1:00
- SPAN 3002, MWF 2:00 - 3:00
- SPAN 2001, MWF 3:00 - 4:00
