Born and raised in Costa Rica, I studied English and Latin American literature at the University of California San Diego and Irvine. I teach Spanish language, culture and literature at Illinois Wesleyan University. My research interests are the Latin American novel, short story, theater, gender studies and American Modernism. I occasionally teach at the Universidad de Costa Rica's graduate program in literature.
Articles
Sacrificio, violencia y nación en Lituma en los Andes de Mario Vargas Llosa, Cuaderno Internacional de Estudios Humanísticos y Literatura (2012)
Modelos masculinos y violencia en Sanctuary y Crónica de una muerte anunciada, Káñina: Revista de Artes y Letras de la Universidad de Costa Rica (2011)
This essay analyzes how two novels, William Faulkner’s Sanctuary and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of...