Reyes joins the College from the University of North Carolina (UNC), both the Greensboro and Chapel Hill locations, where she taught courses in linguistics, teaching practices, and Spanish. Reyes earned a Ph.D. in Education (Culture, Curriculum and Change) from UNC at Chapel Hill. She also holds a master’s in bilingual and multicultural education from Northern Arizona University and a bachelor’s in Spanish from Southern Connecticut State University. Prior to higher education, Reyes served as a secondary teacher in Connecticut and Arizona. Her research interests focus on the intersections of language, culture, and identity, and how they inform learning experiences for bilingual and Latinx communities. Reyes is also interested in arts integration pedagogies and methodologies.