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Ph.D. Student

COHORT 2024

vestradasaldana@ucsb.edu

4324 Phelps Hall

Bio

Vanessa Estefania Saldaña holds an Associate degree from Santa Barbara City College, where she was honored with the Outstanding Student Award in American Ethnic Studies – Chicano Studies. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Spanish with distinction in the major from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), where she is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Spanish. Her research interests include contemporary Mexican literature, feminist studies, Latin American literature, and second language acquisition.

 

Specialization

Hispanic Literatures