Jacqueline Martínez Cerna (she/her/ella) holds a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish from Loyola Marymount University (LMU), an M.A. in Spanish from California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). She has taught beginner, intermediate and advanced Spanish and Spanish for Heritage Speakers courses at UCI.  Additionally, she has taught intermediate Spanish courses at LMU and Concordia University, Irvine as well as, beginner Spanish courses at Middlebury College as part of their 7-week Summer Immersion Language Program.  Her research interests are Central American Literature and Culture, Intellectual History, Gender studies and literature written by women, Avant-garde movement in Central America, Activism in Latin American literature and Latin American Film.