My scholarly work, broadly speaking, focuses on poetic translation and contemporary Mexican literature. In my academic career I have published two anthologies of poetry featuring the work of over fifty Mexican authors who write about gender, violence and identity along the U.S.-Mexico border and have published numerous articles and interviews and original poetry. In addition, I have translated and published fourteen complete poetic works by Mexican authors: Alberto Blanco, Fernando Carrera, Minerva Margarita Villarreal, Iván Vergara and Juan Armando Rojas Joo in prestigious national and international poetry presses. Furthermore, I have published more than three dozen of my poetic translations of Hispanic authors in renowned journals such as The Dirty Goat, Terre Incognita, Prism International, and International Poetry Review. I am currently preparing manuscripts by Mexican writer Alberto Blanco, Spanish author María Ángeles Pérez López and international poet Indran Amirthanayagam. My work as a translator forms part of a crucial component of intellectual exchange and development in our globalized world and it reflects my language proficiency, detailed knowledge of historical, sociopolitical and literary contexts and a poetic sense of style in both Spanish and English. My work in translation is strongly connected to the themes of social justice that comprise an integral part of the Humanities today. Furthermore, my translations have long crossed borders and are recognized in many national and international forums. In May 2020 the Cervantes Institute in New York invited me to give a virtual lecture on translation. Latino Book Review named me one of the top seven English to Spanish translators in its October 2020 edition.