She specializes in second language acquisition and Spanish applied linguistics. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Spanish language, linguistics, and pedagogy, and advises K-12 World Language teachers. Her research explores the linguistic development and identity construction of language users in classroom, community, and immersion settings. She is particularly interested in contesting monolingual and standard language ideologies that permeate language teaching, learning, research, and policies. Before moving to the East Coast in 2016, she had collaborated with Latina mothers in California to engage in literacy practices and bilingual development, and hopes to do the same with Spanish-speaking communities in Pennsylvania and Delaware.