Education
- BA, Queen’s University, Canada, 2009.
- MA, University of Kansas, 2016.
- PhD, University of Kansas, 2023.
I was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, later became a Canadian citizen, and completed my graduate education in the United States. From early on, I learned that languages are more than tools for communication—they are gateways into different ways of seeing and understanding the world. Learning English, French, Italian, and Portuguese as second languages not only opened those doors for me but also led me to dedicate myself to the teaching and study of second language acquisition.
In 2001 I moved from Buenos Aires to Toronto, where I learned English and French and eventually earned a BA in Spanish and Italian from Queen’s University (2009). After five years working in the private sector, I returned to academia and went on to complete my MA (2016) and PhD (2023) in Spanish & Portuguese Languages and Literatures at the University of Kansas. Since joining the University of Chicago in 2023, I have taught a broad range of Spanish language and culture courses, both for second language as well as heritage learners of Spanish. My teaching has spanned from the elementary sequence to advanced courses such as Curso de redacción académica para hablantes nativos and Las regiones del español. In all my classes, I emphasize immersion and clear, open communication, creating a space where students feel supported to take risks and grow as language learners.
My research focuses on the intersections of literature, culture, and popular media in 19th–21st century Argentina and Brazil. My current book project examines how soccer, as represented in novels and films, can be read as an index of the cultural permeation of neoliberalism in Argentina and Brazil (2003–2016). I am also interested in critical theory, with particular attention to psychoanalysis and decolonial thought.
Beyond teaching and research, I enjoy being part of the UChicago community. I serve as faculty sponsor for the UChicago Barbell Club, where I share my enthusiasm for powerlifting, and for Sin guión, an improv in Spanish group that provides a space for creative self-expression at all levels of the language.
Publications
- 2023,“Passionate Attachments: Fanship as Desire and Drive in Contemporary Argentine Cinema” in Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society, Special Issue “Just a game? Sport and Psychoanalytic Theory,” edited by Jack Black and Joseph S. Reynoso.
- 2022, “Staging Desire: The Ideological Fantasy of Argentine (Football) Culture” in Psychoanalysis as Social and Political Discourse in Latin America and the Caribbean, edited by Paola Bohórquez, Routledge, pp. 29-39. (Book chapter)
Recent Courses in RLL
- SPAN 10200 Beginning Elementary Spanish II (Winter 2024, Autumn 2024)
- SPAN 10300 Beginning Elementary Spanish III (Autumn 2023)
- SPAN 20100 Language, History, and Culture I (Spring 2024, Autumn 2025)
- SPAN 20102 Language, History, and Culture for Heritage Speakers I ( (Winter 2025)
- SPAN 20200 Language, History, and Culture II (Winter 2025)
- SPAN 20402 Curso de redacción académica para hablantes nativos (Autumn 2024)
- SPAN 21100 Las regiones del español (Autumn 2025)