I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Future of Higher Education program at the University of California, Berkeley. I received my PhD in linguistics from UC Berkeley Department of Linguistics in Spring 2023. My degree is supplemented with a Designated Emphasis in Indigenous Language Revitalization. My dissertation is accessible here!

My work focuses on Mam (Mayan) language revitalization and maintenance through teaching courses on language and culture in a US diaspora community. With Silvia Carrillo Godinez and Cristina Méndez, UC Berkeley graduate student, we are currently focusing on creating materials for learners, visit our website for more information. 

Other theoretical interests of mine are in generative syntax and morphology. My dissertation research aims to understand the nature of person features, pronominal syntax and pronominal spell out in Mam. 

2024. Severing the internal argument from the verb: The case of Mam. Talk at TripleA 11. Nantes, France. With Noah Elkins and Justin Royer. [handout] [qr code]

2024. Directionals and argument structure in Mam. Talk at WSCLA. Toronto, Canada. With Noah Elkins and Justin Royer. [handout]

2024. Super-extended ergativity in Mam. Talk at WCCFL. Berkeley, California. With Noah Elkins and Justin Royer. [handout]

2024. Dinámicas de traducción: colaboración en el idioma Mam. Talk at FAMLi7. Mexico City, Mexico. With Silvia Lucrecia Carillo Godinez and Cristina Mendez. [slides]