I'm originally from the beautiful island of Puerto Rico! It is located in the Caribbean Sea & is part of the United States. I grew up being exposed to Spanish Caribbean dialects and was always fascinated by speakers' language ideologies, but it was in the last year of my B.A. that I learned that linguistics was a thing. This opened my horizons to the fantastic world of language change and variation.

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After graduating with my master's in 2013, I had the opportunity to teach Spanish to many amazing women. However, during that time, I realized I missed the research aspect my master's had given me but a glimpse of. This led me to pursue a Ph.D. in Linguistics @ Boston University.

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I am currently focused on my dissertation while my partner pursues a post-doc in the beautiful city of Edinburgh. When not immersed in academia, we enjoy exploring the outdoors and discovering new hiking trails in Scotland, a country where you can never run out of hills to climb or lochs to admire. I also love exploring the city and finding the latest craft to hyperfocus on. So far, I've taught myself how to repair wooden furniture that people throw away, as well as sew my own clothing (reversible leggings, anyone?).