I conceive education and language as something deeply human, social, and political. Language to me is not just as a skill to be mastered, but as a way we shape identity, power, and belonging. In every course, I encourage students to ask not just how language works, but why it matters: who gets to use what language, in which spaces, and under what conditions?

Whether I’m teaching courses on language methods, discourse analysis, bilingualism, critical theory, or literacy, my classroom is a space for inquiry, critique, and transformation. I bring theory into dialogue with lived experience, always working to make language education more just, relevant, and liberatory.
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Below are a few of the courses I have taught at UPB, Colombia, and abroad, along with syllabi and some highlights.

doctorate in education (2018-present)

• Introducción a la Teoría Crítica 
  (Introduction to Critical Theory)

BA in Spanish-english education (2023-present)

• Introducción a la Lingüística
  (Introduction to Linguistics)
• Linguistic Analysis I (English) - Syllabus | Instagram

ma in learning and teaching processes in second languages (2013-2021)

• English Language II: Literacies in Second Languages
• Research Seminar I: Dimensions of Qualitative Research
• Research Seminar II: Second Language Research Approaches

BA in english-SPANISH education, on-campus (2011-2022)

• Bilingualism Integrative Roundtable
• Communicative Competence II
• Communicative Competence III
• Communicative Competence V
• Comparative Linguistics
• Content Area Conditions and Nature II
• Methods and Approaches in the Teaching of Languages (#MATLUPB)
• US Literature and Culture

graduate specialization in english teaching (2012-2013)

• Qualitative Research Foundations
• Research Practicum
• Academic Reading and Writing

BA in english-SPANISH education, distance (2011-2013)

• ​Academic Reading and Writing
• English Conversation
• Research in the Classroom

UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE, interinstitutional phd in education (2022-present)

• Literacy, Multiliteracies and the (Inter)Cultural Dimension 
• Language Ecology and Pedagogies - Syllabus | Instagram

 Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, ma in bilingualism (2021)

• ​Bilingual Education Curriculum Design

Universidad de Córdoba, MA in english teaching (2020)

• ​Principles and Practices in Second Language Research 

Universidad del Norte, ma in english teaching (2015)

• ​Seminar on Multiliteracies  

UNIVERSIDAD distrital, interinstitutional phd in education (2011-2013)

• Las Tradiciones Teóricas e Intelectuales en el Campo de la Educación
  ​(Theoretical and Intellectual Traditions in the Field of Education)

Universidad de guadalajara, maestría en estudios en literacidad (2023)

• La literacidad como asunto sociocrítico y situado
  (Literacy as a sociocritical and situated affair)

UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK, ma in english philology (2022)

• ​Literacy and English Education
• Language, Languaging, and Bilingualism: A Socio-Critical Perspective

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, department of curriculum and instruction
​(graduate teaching assistant (2006-2010)

• ​C&I 473, Literacy in Content Areas 
• EDPR 250, School & Community Experiences

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