Awards

Fulbright-Nehru International Education Administrator Award

2023

North Carolina Governor’s Award for Outstanding Government Service

2021

Finalist, Housatonic Book Award

Louisiana Scholar, Words & Music Festival

2005

2021

Finalist, Marble Faun Poetry Prize

2003

Education

Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers

MFA

University of New Orleans
Major: Drama and Communications

BA

Panels & Speaking Engagements

  • Panelist, “Virtual Education Abroad: Lessons for Creating Innovative Hybrid Programs,” NAFSA 2022 Annual Conference and Expo (virtual component), May 2022

  • Keynote Speaker and Co-presenter, “The Art & Life of Enrique Alférez,” New Orleans Museum of Art, May 2022

  • Featured Speaker, University of Texas at El Paso, “The Life and Art of Enrique Alférez,” Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, March 2022

  • “Enrique Alférez: Migration, Nahua Influence and Mexico-U.S. Relations Through Sculpture,” Columbia University Institute of Latin American Studies, December 2021

  • “The Life and Art of Enrique Alférez,” William Lecture Series, The Historic New Orleans Collection, December 2021

  • Moderator, “The Future of Green and Blue Economies for the Future of North Carolina on a Global State,” North Carolina Global Engagement Forum, October 2021

  • Keynote Speaker, National Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month, University of New Orleans (coordinated by the Center for Latin American Studies), October 2021

  • Co-Presenter, “Reimagining Virtual Programs: Benefits and Opportunities for Students and Institutions,” NAFSA All-Regional Conference, October 2021

  • Moderator, “Partnership Among Cities, States, and the Federal Government for the Sustainable Development Goals,” North Carolina Coalition for Global Competitiveness, August 2021

  • “The World We See,” World View Global Education Leaders Symposium, June 2019

  • Panelist, “Organizing Institutional Support for DACA and Undocumented Students at UNC-Chapel Hill in Precarious Times,” North Carolina Conference on Latin American Studies: Understanding Complexity in Latin America, February 2019

  • “Internationalization on Campus and Abroad,” Huaqiao Program, Duke University Center for International Development, August 2016

  • “Building Partnerships in the U.S.,” Roundtable Moderator, Latin America Forum, NAFSA, May-June 2016

  • “Successes in the UNC-Universidad San Francisco de Quito Galápagos Science Center Partnership,” Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award Panel Discussion, NAFSA, May-June 2016