Seton Hall University

Department of Education Leadership Management and Policy

College of Education and Human Services

Position: Assistant Professor

August 2022 - Present

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Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC)

Position: Mobility Coordinator

​October 2015 - October 2022

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: Postdoctoral Research Associate

​Jan 2021 - January 2022

Projects and Funded Grants:

• Indigenous Communities in The Americas Learning and Thriving Together Through Higher Education (CO-PI)

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University of Arizona

Center for the Study of Higher Education

Position: Research Assistant (PI Dr. Jenny J. Lee)

​May 2017 - Dec 2020

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)