It's been an honor to have been selected as the woman of color to represent Stout.

Teaching Spanish is such a wonderful opportunity. I have so much to share with them because of my background.

It was wonderful to have that amount of support; that amount of enthusiasm from people who accompanied me and also to represent Stout.

I've been teaching 22 years, and I've never been to Spain. I'm from a Spanish-speaking country, but Spain is very important.

Our main objective is to provide an environment where faculty and staff of color can come here and do very well and have a desire to stay.