Year of MA/PhD:

Yunuen is a PhD candidate of Hispanic Literature and Cultural Studies at Texas Tech University. She holds an MA in Spanish Literature and a Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies from Texas Tech. She also earned a BA in Spanish and Studio Art from Concordia College, Moorhead, and a BS in Spanish Education and Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) from Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Yunuen has experience teaching Spanish and English as a second language at various levels. Currently, she is a Lecturer for the Spanish Heritage Language Program within the Department of Classical and Modern Language and Literatures at Texas Tech University. 

Research interests; thesis topic/title:

• Mexican Studies
• Chicana/o/x Studies
• Borderlands Studies
• Public Art and Visual Cultural Studies
• Women’s and Gender Studies
• Spanish as a Heritage Language
• Heritage Language Pedagogy

BA, Spanish & Studio Art, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN 

BS, Spanish Education & TESL, Minnesota State University in Moorhead, MN 

MA, Spanish Literature, Texas Tech University 

Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies, Texas Tech University 

Email: yuvelazq@ttu.edu