Resume

• 2013

  Doctor of Hispanic Literary and Cultural Studies

  Spanish Language and Literature

  University of Illinois at Chicago

• 2008

  Master's Degree

  Hispanic and Latin American Languages

  Literatures

  and Linguistics

  General

  Honors Magna Cum Laude.\nParticipated in the two years Honors Program at University of Illinois at Chicago

  University of Illinois at Chicago

• 2006

  Bachelor's Degree

  Spanish Language and Literature

  Included in the Dean’s List at University of Illinois at Chicago for Fall semester 2006 and Spring semester 2007

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  Duolingo French Fluency: Elementary (Estimated)

  Duolingo

• 2003

  Portuguese

  English

  Italian

  Spanish

  Associate's Degree

  General associate

  Participated in the two years Honors Program at Richard Daley College\nRecipient of the Harold Washington Scholarship\nRecipient of Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Merit Scholarship

  Richard Daley College

• 1987

  Graphic Arts- Printmaking

  Printmaking

  Group and Solo shows

  National School of Arts

  \"San Alejandro\" Havana

  Cuba

• Latin American Literature

  See the story

  Latin American Literature

  Galleries

  Drawing

  Painting

  Printmaking

  Art Education

  Illustration

  Oil Painting

  Visual Arts

  Fine Art

  Watercolor

  Acrylic

  Mixed Media

  art curator

  planning shows

  framing art work

  Teaching

  Sculpture

  Art

  Contemporary Art

  harbison

  mayte

  harbison

  Bluecircle Gallery

  Richard Daley College

  art director and office manager

  Bluecircle Gallery

  Richard Daley College

  Chicago

  IIlinois

  I was born and raised in Havana

  Cuba. With English as my second language

  my personal perspective helps me to relate to what it means to be a learner of a foreign language. I am passionate about Spanish language and Hispanic culture. In my lessons

  one of my purposes is to promote the presence of Latin-American and Latino cultures in all diversity of expressions that would further advance students’ intercultural understanding. My classes not only build students’ knowledge of the language but also they enhance students’ sensibility for other culture values and beliefs that in many cases are different from their own. An important aspect of my teaching philosophy is to implement the communicative language teaching method. My classes focus on teaching students how to use language according to purpose

  setting

  and participants. For instance: when to use informal or formal speech or how to maintain communication despite having limitations on the use of language by experimenting with different ways of saying things. My teaching method incorporates current events

  role playing

  poetry

  short stories

  Latino folk and pop culture

  all through conversation-based practices

  to make students confident and fluent in Spanish while gaining a love for the language.

  Department Chair

  Language and Latin American Literature Instructor