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Verónica Moraga Guerra, a native of Hermosillo Sonora, Mexico, earned her bachelor's degree from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey and a master's degree in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago. She is passionate about teaching and designing courses for Heritage students, specifically focusing on Language Specific Purposes (LSP) courses. Notably, she developed the course 'Latinx Spanish Language Social Workers' for the Crown Family School of Social Work, which aims to equip future social workers with the necessary language skills to engage effectively with diverse Spanish-speaking communities. Additionally, Verónica has co-designed the 'Advanced Spanish Latin American Food Culture' course and coordinates El Cafecito, a Spanish Club that connects UChicago students with the Latine community. Her current research and practice focus on developing language curricula for specific purposes, theme-based learning, and interculturality. She also co-organizes the Feria del Libro en Chicago for El BeiSmAn, a significant Spanish-language publishing house in Chicago. Verónica has published journal articles, including a co-authored piece in the Global Business Languages Journal titled 'Backward Design LSP: Domain Analysis Consistent Research Framework for Necessarily Decentralized Field'.
Department of Philosophy