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RESUME

 
Professional ​
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Passionate about higher education, specifically about internationalization & student mobility as well as innovation in education.

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Solid experience in student and international affairs at a world-class university.

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I aspire to generate new knowledge in the field of higher education administration and to become a change agent for internationalization strategies.

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Through my research and practice, I look for ways in which internationalization can be better aligned with the public-good mission of higher education institutions.

Research Interests

  • Ethical approaches to the internationalization of higher education.

  • Balancing public and private purposes of higher education.

  • Higher education institutions organizational theory, administration, institutional mission.

  • Higher Education ranking systems and methodologies.

  • Intercultural competencies acquired through study abroad programs.

  • Globally competent students and their impact in their communities after college.

Languages

  • Spanish (Native)

  • English (Full Proficiency)

  • Italian (Basic)

  • French (Basic)

  • Portuguese (Basic)

University of Arizona
Ph.D. Higher Education

​2015 - 2020

 

Dissertation: “Conscientious Academic Capitalism: Mexican Counternarratives to Anglo-American University Internationalization Practices”.

Chair: Gary Rhoades.

Committee members: Jenny J. Lee, Mathew M. Mars

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Grants, Fellowships and Scholarships:

  • 2019-2020 Recipient of the College of Education Ph.D. Completion Support Award

  • 2018-2019 Recipient of the Donna Mae Miller Scholarship

  • 2018-2019 Recipient of the Dr. Sam Lee and Sallie SauLan Lee Scholarship

  • 2017-2018 Recipient of the Dolores R. Kaith Scholarship

  • 2017-2018 Recipient of the Frank T. Saunders Memorial Scholarship

  • 2016-2017 Recipient of the Everett L. and Marian G. Holden Scholarship

  • 2015-2019 CONACYT Fellowship

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EGADE Business School (Monterrey, MX)
M.S. Finance

​2007 - 2009

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Tecnológico de Monterrey (Guadalajara, MX)
B.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering
​2002 - 2006

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Education
Work​
Experience​
Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC)
Position: Mobility Coordinator
​October 2015 - Present
Main responsibilities:​​

  • Redesign and manage the international student exchange program.

  • Design and manage the short-term faculty exchange program.

  • Planning and execution of the annual CONAHEC conference on higher education.

  • Assistance in the design and implementation of the North American Center for Collaborative Development (NACCD). (Project funded with a $150,000 USD grant from the U. S. Department of State, Mexico’s Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores and Canada’s Global Affairs.)

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University of Arizona
Center for the Study of Higher Education
Position: Research Assistant (PI Dr. Jenny J. Lee)
​May 2017 - Present
Main responsibilities:​​

  • Assess University of Arizona’s international micro-campus strategy.

  • Teaching Assistant for Dr. Jenny J. Lee´s International and Comparative Education Course

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University of Arizona Global, Study UA
Position: Study UA Coordinator
​June 2019 - August 2019
Main responsibilities:​​

  • Execute all aspects of the Research Mentoring Summer Program for international students. Oversee all program preparation logistics, applications, personnel, budgets, curricular development, and assessment including curriculum, orientation, mentor matching, cultural trips, program evaluation, and website updates, etc.

  • Partner with other areas at the University of Arizona to research new program opportunities and promote on-going programs. Explore and develop affordable outbound experiential learning trips in the region for UA students and faculty. Promote student participation in Intercultural Competence badging program as a tool to promote participation in local cultural programs badging programs.

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Tecnológico de Monterrey, Shared Services Center
Position: Director for International Programs
​October 2012 - July 2015
Main responsibilities:​​
  • Redesign and implement a new operational process for incoming and outgoing student mobility at the different institutions of the ITESM System.
  • Set-up a unit at the shared services center to manage a centralized operation of study abroad programs for both incoming students (approx. 4,000 per year) and outgoing students (approx. 8,000 per year) including applications and admissions, nomination to foreign universities (more than 600 partner institutions) and attend general inquiries from students and advisors at the local campi.
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Tecnológico de Monterrey, Vice-presidency for Academic Affairs - International Programs Office
Position: Director for International Cooperation
​February 2009 - October 2012
Main responsibilities:​​
  • Redesign and implement a new operational process for incoming and outgoing student mobility at the different institutions of the ITESM System.
  • Set-up a unit at the shared services center to manage a centralized operation of study abroad programs for both incoming students (approx. 4,000 per year) and outgoing students (approx. 8,000 per year) including applications and admissions, nomination to foreign universities (more than 600 partner institutions) and attend general inquiries from students and advisors at the local campi.
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Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara. 
Position: Student Success Center, coordinator for first-year experience and retention programs.

​January 2007 - January 2009

Main responsibilities:​​

  • Design and implement an assessment program for the retention efforts on campus. 

  • Design and coordinate the first-year program and orientation week.

  • Design, administer and analyze the surveys EDNA (Diagnostic Survey for Incoming Students) & EDPA (Diagnostic Survey for First-Year Students)

Teaching​
Experience​
University of Arizona
Center for the Study of Higher Education

  • Teaching Assistant for the graduate class HED696 Comparative Higher Education coordinated by Dr. Jenny J. Lee (Fall 2017).

  • Guest lecturer for the class Comparative and International Education at the University of Arizona with the lecture Geopolitics of Higher Education (October 2019).

  • Guest lecturer for the class Comparative and International Education at the University of Arizona with the lecture Higher Education in Latin America (forthcoming, November 2019).

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​Tecnológico de Monterrey, Virtual University
Teaching Assistant for the Master’s in Educational Institution Administration. Courses:
  • ED4028 - Introduction to Student Affairs (2011)
  • ED4029 - Student Development Theories (2010)
  • ED4031 - College Student Retention: Theory, research and practice (2010)
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Committee Service

González-Quiroz, Daniela. (2015). Estrategias de internacionalización aplicadas en las instituciones de educación superior como desarrollo de una educación de calidad en México: un estudio de caso de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León y el Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Master’s Thesis Committee Member/Synodal). Tecnológico de Monterrey

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Lafont Castillo, Tania Isabel (2020). Incorporación de las TIC para la movilidad virtual en el programa de comercio y negocios internacionales de la Unisimón. (Master’s Thesis Committee Member/Synodal). Universidad de Guadalajara

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Tecnológico de Monterrey, Vice-presidency of Academic Affairs

Instructor for several internationalization courses for ITESM personnel such as:

  • Introduction to an International Programs Office

  • The Role of the Program Director in the Internationalization of Students

  • Accompanying Professor for study abroad programs (On-site coordinator and faculty):

  • Leadership and Marketing Summer School in ISCTE University (Lisbon, Portugal, 2013)

  • Global Citizenship Program (Study trip to Madrid, Brussels, Bruges, The Hague and Amsterdam, May 2012)

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Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara

  • Instructor for workshops “Study Techniques and note taking strategies using technology” (2007-2008) and “Advanced MS Excel” for the ITESM chapter of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (2007)

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Service to the Profession
Editorial Board

  • Assistant Editor – Journal of International Students (2021-2023)

  • Member of the editorial board of the peer-reviewed journal Educación Global (2018-present).

 

Peer Reviewer

  • Frontiers: The interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad. (2017-present)

  • Journal of International Students (articles and book-chapter reviews). (2017-present)

    • Recipient of a 2019 Editor’s Choice Award for service among the top 10% reviewers.

  • Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education. (2019-present)

  • Routledge Studies on Global Student Mobility Book Series (2019-present)

  • Revista de la Educación Superior (2020-present)

  • Partners of the Americas. Proposal reviews for the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund competitions. (2016-17).

  • Conference proposal reviews:

    • 2018 and 2020 CIES Conference

    • 2017 ASHE Conference

    • 2017, 2018, and 2019 NACCD Conferences; 2016, 2017, and 2019 CONAHEC Conferences.

 

Professional Associations

  • Member of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)

    • Member of the 2018-2020 Executive Committee of the Council on International Higher Education. Position: Graduate Student Liaison.

    • Co-organizer of the 2019 mentoring session during the annual conference

  • NAFSA: Association of International Educators

    • Member of the Emerging Scholar-Practitioner Working Group (Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community)

  • Member of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)

    • 2020 Awards Committee Member for the Study Abroad and International Students SIG.

  • Member of the American Educational Research Association (AERA)