Education
- 2026
PhD, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Washington. Territorios del olvido en la poesía en castellano contemporánea (2018–2023). Committee: Anthony Geist (chair), José Francisco Robles, Leigh K. Mercer, José Antonio Lucero
- 2021
MFA, Creative Writing (Bilingual), The University of Texas at El Paso
- 2017
BA, Journalism, Universidad Internacional de las Américas, San José
Academic appointments
- 2026–2027
Lecturer (Full-Time), Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Washington
- 2021–2026
Graduate Instructor of Record, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Washington
- 2025
Visiting Professor, Master’s in Literature and Creative Writing, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín
- 2018–2019
Academic Adviser, Department of Creative Writing, The University of Texas at El Paso
Languages
Spanish (native); English (advanced professional proficiency); Portuguese (intermediate; exchange student in Brazil, 2001; formal study at the University of Washington).
Honors and awards
- 2026
GSEE Final Year Dissertation Award, University of Washington
- 2023
Gold Medal, International Latino Book Awards, for Cine Fractal
- 2022
Graduate Student Conference Presentation Award, University of Washington
- 2021
Manuel Acuña International Poetry Prize in Spanish (Mexico), for Lazarus
- 2020
Finalist, Montreal International Poetry Prize
- 2020
Nora Dove Apteckar Fund, University of Texas at El Paso
- 2019–2020
Dodson Funds Award, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at El Paso
- 2018–2020
University Grant, University of Texas at El Paso
- 2014
Third Best Poetry Collection Published in Costa Rica, Literofilia, for A ella le gusta llorar mientras escucha The Beatles
- 2013
Best Poetry Collection Published in Costa Rica, Literofilia, for Trasatlántico
- 2011
VII Luis Cardoza y Aragón Mesoamerican Poetry Prize (Guatemala), for Trasatlántico
- 2004
Premio Nacional Joven Creación, Editorial Costa Rica, for Natación nocturna
Readings and literary festivals
- 2019
Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá, Colombia
- 2017
XIV Festival Internacional de Poesía de Granada, Nicaragua; Festival Internacional de Poesía de Costa Rica
- 2014
Hispanic Lecture Series, University of North Georgia; Department of Romance Languages, University of Cincinnati; Hofstra University
- 2014
I Festival Iberoamericano de Poesía de Cádiz, Spain
- 2013
X Festival Internacional de Poesía de Granada, Spain; Fundación Antonio Gala, Córdoba, Spain
Editorial experience and service
- 2019–2021
Senior Editor, Rio Grande Review (bilingual journal of literature and contemporary art), University of Texas at El Paso; Junior Editor, 2018–2019
- 2019
Organizer, “La escritura como herramienta para la existencia,” lecture and workshop by Glafira Rocha, Somos Writers Summer Series, UTEP
- 2019
Moderator, XXIV Congreso de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea, UTEP (two panels)
- 2018–2019
Academic Adviser, Department of Creative Writing, University of Texas at El Paso