Throughout her career, she has become a community-engaged scholar. Rodriguez-Arroyo has been able to connect her teaching, research, and service through service learning and act as the faculty liaison for Metro Area Teachers of English Language Learners (MATELLS). She now has three courses that include service-learning experience, has presented and published research on it, and was the recipient of Nebraska's Campus Compact 2015 Excellence in Community-based Teaching and Scholarship Award. MATELLS is an ESL network that is an Advisory Board with ESL coordinators from the Omaha Metro Area school districts and Teaching Circles for teachers of English Language Learners.