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Course Work
University of Portland
Spanish 101
My classes at UP not only sparked my interest for abroad travels but also helped lay the foundation for my knowledge on history and cultures of Latin America and Spain. My first Spanish class at UP challenged me in many ways because I had a minimal understanding of Spanish. Yet it was this class that initiated my curiosity for learning more about Spanish speaking countries and cultures. My Latin American literature courses gave me knowledge on my neighbors that I knew so little about. I started to fall in love with classic artists like Celia Cruz and Luis Miguel, and classic writers like Gabriel García Márquez, and I quickly became aware of the beautiful art that my life was missing.
After studying in Spain, I returned to UP and took a course on language learning, which included a tutor training course. At the end of the course I was certified as a CRLA Level 1 Tutor (below I am pictured with the certificate). I spent my junior year tutoring my fellow UP peers in Spanish.
Latin
American
Literature
Spanish
Tutor
Training
University of Granada,
Spain
Advanced Spanish Composition & Grammer
Development
of
Spanish
Culture
Current
Social-
Political
Topics
Liturature
of
Granada
Speaking
& Writing
Skills
My classes at the University of Granada were all focused on learning Spanish, so I mainly took grammar and vocabulary classes. I also took several classes on Spanish history and Spanish culture such as literature of Granada. In this class I learned about famous writers like Federico García Lorca.
University of San Francisco Quito,
Ecuador
History of
Latin
America
Ecology and
Resources of
Ecuador
In Ecuador at USFQ, I was enrolled in three classes that allowed my growth in language learning, knowledge on historical events, and cultural awareness through ecological field trips and Ecuadorian cuisine.
My favorite class was Latin American History course. In this class I wrote a research paper about Central American Migration. The paper focuses on the ways that the U.S. has historically forced Central Americans to migrate and how this relates to the migration crisis in the present day. I apply the knowledge gained from this research to my internship at SOAR where I help Central American asylum seekers complete the paperwork for the asylum application process.
Access my research paper:
"Las Causas de la Crisis de Migración en el Triángulo
del Norte y Nicaragua"
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