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