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San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

• Taught a class of 30 undergraduate and graduate students each quarter from different cultural backgrounds
• Worked closely with the team of Spanish instructors of the Linguistics Department to improve the teaching approaches based on students’ needs and interests
• Provided students with linguistic competences and cultural knowledge about the Spanish speaking world

San Diego, California

• Identified attractive international markets for Primo Energy to enter by conducting market research and analyzing country-level data from different sources.
• Developed a go-to-market strategy for Primo Energy’s emerging, cutting-edge technology.
• Identified strategic partners for the company to ensure successful market penetration, increase sales and brand awareness, and cultivate a positive impact.

• Identified the biggest and most prestigious music festivals worldwide, and provided recommendations on the best fit based on the band’s value proposition and audience.
• Worked with the management team to prepare pitch deck and marketing materials.
• Contacted festivals and promoters; worked with the management team to coordinate booking outreach between Cimafunk and two different booking agents that represented different territories.

Havana, Cuba

• Cuba Educational Travel organizes people-to-people trips, educational exchange programs, and research trips between Cuba and the United States.
• Helped US companies understand the Cuban market, and in some cases enter into business deals.
• Conducted market research; designed and coordinated customized programs for visiting groups of Americans from policymakers and executives to students and families.
• Organized customized events for corporate clients such as Spotify; collaborated closely with Cuban partners in the hospitality, private, academic and cultural sectors.
• Acted as liaison between the US team and Cuba team regarding programming and logistics; created a new process to enhance communication in an environment with limited internet access.

Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

• Managed, coordinated and monitored 25+ agreements with international universities to establish exchange programs, scholarships, joint academic degree programs, and other forms of collaboration.
• Organized and coordinated reception of high-level visitors from foreign partners, including ambassadors, university presidents, and academics.
• Provided translation of written documents and interpretation between Spanish, English, and French.

Santa Clara, Cuba

• Translated +100 scientific articles from Spanish into English for the center's magazine and data base.

Master Of International Affairs (Management Specialization), Regional Focus In Latin America

Activities and Societies: Dean's Fellow, VP of Women Going Global club, VP of Events of the Latin American Students OrganizationCoursework.

Bachelor Of Arts In English And French, Translation And Interpreting

Activities and Societies: Graduated Summa Cum Laude - Teaching Assistant of French - Member of the Amateur Artists’ Movement