In 2018, I transitioned to Shortridge, where I have taught IB Spanish and coordinated the service-learning program, as well as various initiatives in restorative teaching practices. I have spent three summers in León, Spain, with the Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages as a logistics coordinator and linguistics instructor. I teach a methods course for aspiring Spanish teachers at the University of Indianapolis. I was recognized as the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) Teacher of the Year and a Top 3 Finalist for Indiana Teacher of the Year for 2022. I continue to be engaged in education policy and local politics, and I co-founded a political action committee for teachers to engage in IPS School Board elections in 2020. I have also published several op-eds about education policy and culturally responsive teaching. This summer, I will be going to Brazil as part of the Bilateral Educator Exchange Program through Global Indiana.

I left no leaf unturned in my time at IU, and I would not change a thing about my undergraduate experience. I double majored in Spanish and Theatre & Drama and earned a certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. I spent an academic year in Madrid, Spain, and summers volunteering in Honduras and Guatemala. In Bloomington, I was a stage and production manager for University Players, a researcher for the Board of Aeons, and an enthusiastic participant in the many opportunities offered by the Wells Scholars Program. I especially loved the opportunity to make Spanish-language theatre, both in Bloomington through Grupo de Teatro VIDA and in Madrid through a study abroad course I took at the Universidad Complutense. I am eternally grateful to my IU professors for the global experience my undergraduate education provided me.