Academic
Bio
I am a multidisciplinary artist, writer, filmmaker, and linguist based in Luxembourg and Virginia. My work finds itself at the intersection of language, perception, and creativity, whether exploring gesture in Pride & Prejudice, the creative lifeworlds of multilingual artists, or the language of landscape as an antidote to the climate crisis. Generally, I am compelled by questions of beauty and articulation— how do we talk about what moves us? How do we cull meaning from the sensory world? What new potential can be discovered in the borderlands between defined languages, mediums, or modalities?
Currently, I am a doctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg, studying how multilingual artists experience creativity and develop an artistic practice. My research looks at how speaking more than one language facilitates perspectives of multiplicity and possibility in artists, as well as how creative processes can shift foreign language pedagogy toward paradigms of re-wilding and re-enchantment.
Previously, I completed my masters in Learning and Communication in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts, also at the University of Luxembourg, and I graduated from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles with both a BFA in Film & Television Production and a BA in Spanish.
Research Interests
artists, creativity, sensory perception, intersemiotic translation,
multilingualism, multimodality, creative language education, re-wilding,
language & landscape, bioregionalism, the “more than human”, creative ecologies
Writing
Extra Terrestrial
Finding connection between Arrival’s astral projections and the landscape of Appalachia
What If
On Ophelia (2018) and the metaphors we use to describe women’s lives
Language, desire, and the places we are from
Charting the impossible cartographies of desire and nationality in The English Patient (1996)
Regarding You, Regardez Moi
On the challenges and joys of the second person
intimacy, touch, and The Perennial Beauty of hands
Unpacking the significance of Darcy’s hand flex in Joe Wright’s 2005 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice
Lamplighting
On Gentleman Jack and the luminous power of mutual sight
Poetic cinema
Putting light in conversation with language. A Substack newsletter exploring affinities between film and poetry.
Teaching
2024 | MA course | Poster Session (Thesis Development Course) | University of Luxembourg
2023 | MA course | Language and Media in Translation | University of Luxembourg
2022, 2023 | Invited Talk | An Introduction to “the Gaze” in Film & Media | University of Luxembourg
2021, 2022 | Summer Workshops | Intro to Filmmaking, Music Video Production, Creating Content for YouTube and TikTok, Comedy Filmmaking | Light House Studio, Charlottesville VA
2017-2018 | Teaching Assistant | Film & Digital Cinematography, Directing Practicum | University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts
CV
Education
PhD Educational Sciences | University of Luxembourg | 2023-2027
MA Learning and Communication in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts | University of Luxembourg | 2020-2023
BFA Film & Television Production | University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts | 2014 -2018
BA Spanish | University of Southern California | 2014 -2018
Work Experience
Doctoral Researcher | University of Luxembourg, Research Institute of Multilingualism | Belval, Luxembourg
English Language Tutor | University of Luxembourg Language Centre | Belval, Luxembourg
Teaching Artist | Light House Studio | Charlottesville, VA USA
Alumni Mentor & Resident Advisor | YoungArts (formerly The National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts) | Miami, FL USA
Substitute Teacher, French 1-3 | St. Anne’s-Belfield School | Charlottesville, VA USA
Teaching Assistant | USC School of Cinematic Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Independent Designer & Graphic Artist | Full creative CV available on request.
Workshops & Trainings
2024 | Re-wilding Language: Nature Writing Workshop | Granta Magazine
2023 | Seeds of Radical Renewal Leadership Course | Emergence Magazine
2022 | Audiovisual capturing of dynamics of place attachment and identity in Central European borderlands (summer school) | University of Opole
Languages
English (Native) | Spanish (C1) | French (B2) | German (A2) | Portuguese (A2)