My duties included working with diverse teams within the ML/NLP pipeline.

Research associate working with Dr. Steven Bethard (School of Information) and Dr. Tracy Crane (College of Nursing)NIH Grant Project #1R21CA256680-01: Using Natural Language Processing to Determine Predictors of Healthy Diet and Physical Activity Behavior Change in Ovarian Cancer Survivors- Assisting in the writing of a minority supplement grant application- Creation and of linguistic annotation guidelines and tasks for speaker diarisation and adaptation of the Motivational… Show more Research associate working with Dr. Steven Bethard (School of Information) and Dr. Tracy Crane (College of Nursing)NIH Grant Project #1R21CA256680-01: Using Natural Language Processing to Determine Predictors of Healthy Diet and Physical Activity Behavior Change in Ovarian Cancer Survivors- Assisting in the writing of a minority supplement grant application- Creation and of linguistic annotation guidelines and tasks for speaker diarisation and adaptation of the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity Coding- Language annotation and of English and Spanish audio datasets of cancer-survivors' coaching sessions- Theorization of Motivational Interviewing causal models and cultural limitations- Statistical analysis and ML modeling of Lifestyle Intervention for Ovarian Cancer Enhanced Survival (LIVES) data- Specific goal: help improve outcomes of cancer prevention interventions in the U.S. Hispanic Spanish-speaking population, specifically Latinas suffering from ovarian cancer.This research is a step forward in democratizing the tools created by the LIvES project by giving access to automated fidelity monitoring to Hispanics, the largest ethnic minority in the U.S. We expect to inspire further research in other minority languages and cultures. Show less

Main Duties:**Spanish instructor for the following courses:**- SPAN 102, 201, 202, 205, 251, 206, 325, and 425 levels at the Spanish L2 language program (including online classes)- SPAN 333 at the Heritage Language program (in-person only)Other Duties:- Design and implementation of SPAN 425 – Advanced Grammar and Composition in the Spanish Online program.- Creation, design, and implementation of the Spanish Club Online: The University of… Show more Main Duties:**Spanish instructor for the following courses:**- SPAN 102, 201, 202, 205, 251, 206, 325, and 425 levels at the Spanish L2 language program (including online classes)- SPAN 333 at the Heritage Language program (in-person only)Other Duties:- Design and implementation of SPAN 425 – Advanced Grammar and Composition in the Spanish Online program.- Creation, design, and implementation of the Spanish Club Online: The University of Arizona, Fall 2018 **Spanish tutor in the study abroad program Arizona in Costa Rica, Session 1. Summer 2018. My teaching duties included:**- 1-to-1 Language tutoring for basic, intermediate, and advanced Spanish levels- Design and implementation of a culture class on salsa dancing and Spanish lexicology Show less

I served as a research assistant for the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies, where I worked with Dr. Fraser on finding new authors and content, as well as on several publications for the Urban Cultural Studies blog. I also contributed to the publication of two research articles and published a short-form article on urban linguistic landscapes

The research data repository (ReDATA) enables open and reproducible science at The University of Arizona. For more information, you can visit http://arizona.figshare.com/- Main work involved Python, Git, and GitHub - DevOps: Assisted in the creation of infrastructure for ReDATA's open data curation platform- Data curation: Curated and assisted in the curation of open access research datasets and resources- Outreach: Managed social media and university-wide promotion… Show more The research data repository (ReDATA) enables open and reproducible science at The University of Arizona. For more information, you can visit http://arizona.figshare.com/- Main work involved Python, Git, and GitHub - DevOps: Assisted in the creation of infrastructure for ReDATA's open data curation platform- Data curation: Curated and assisted in the curation of open access research datasets and resources- Outreach: Managed social media and university-wide promotion resources, and managed the publication of over 50 conference presentations and posters, all available at https://doi.org/10.25422/azu.data.c.5325401.v2 Show less

Research assistant for Dr. Julieta Fernandez • Designed workflows and conventions of two oral corpora of learners of Spanish.• Transcribed and annotated oral language interviews using some of these conventions.

Intern, Watson Analytics for Social Media • Creation of vocabularies, grammars and other linguistic resources for Spanish and Portuguese.• Computational analysis of Brazilian Portuguese data using rule-based approaches.

Research assistant, Management Information Services (UArizona)NIH Grant Project #1R01LM011975-01A1: Evidence-based Strategy and Tool to Simplify Text for Patients and Consumers- Goal: Improve health literacy in English-speaking and Spanish-speaking clients within the U.S.A.- I worked on a combination of both Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks and cognitive science-based research aimed at the discovery and quantification of linguistic features that help reduce text… Show more Research assistant, Management Information Services (UArizona)NIH Grant Project #1R01LM011975-01A1: Evidence-based Strategy and Tool to Simplify Text for Patients and Consumers- Goal: Improve health literacy in English-speaking and Spanish-speaking clients within the U.S.A.- I worked on a combination of both Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks and cognitive science-based research aimed at the discovery and quantification of linguistic features that help reduce text complexity and maximize text understanding. Show less

Research assistant for Dr. Alejandra Auza Benavides • Worked with a team of researchers in the creation of a screening test for developmental language disorder (also known as specific language impairment) for Mexican children. • Conducted and transcribed language interviews. Performed standardized language and IQ tests on several schools in Mexico City and Querétaro. Managed the project database (MS Excel).