She received her Ph.D. in 2011 from Princeton University. She has published journal articles in Spanish and English on Colonial literature, history, and translation including “Narrating Conversion: Idolatry, the Sacred, and the Ambiguities of Christian Evangelization in Colonial Peru” (Hispanic Issues). She will hold a Mellon-Volkswagen Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Dahlem Humanities Center from January to September 2017.