Natalia Soracipa is a doctoral student at the University of Calgary in Canada. She is from Colombia and is in her third year of her Ph.D. program. Her research focuses on using theatre techniques to teach second languages. Her research assistant work consists of managing social media, guiding undergrads' work, and conducting and transcribing interviews. Natalia has experience working as an actress and researcher in both Latin America and North America.

Lorena holds a Ph.D. from Western University. She is Ecuadorian, and she is in the 4th year of her Ph.D. in Hispanic studies. Her research is about voices, gender, and cinema. Specifically, she studies how feminine voices are represented in films directed by Latin American women. Her work seeks to understand how the materiality of these voices is inscribed in the narrative of the films and how the filmmaker’s voices can be thought metaphoric and symbolic ways. Her research assistant work consists of project management and organization. She is passionate about arts and community projects, as well as intermedial studies.  

Madison Cartnal (Fall 2023)

Madison Cartnal graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH) in 2023, with majors in Pre-Medicine and Spanish, and a minor in Chemistry. Her passion is to make healthcare more accessible to all, including, but not limited to, across different languages. Her work with the project involved translation and coordinating workshops and artist visits at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Elizabeth Sumoza (Fall 2023)

Elizabeth Sumoza is an undergraduate student at Ohio Wesleyan University in the United States. She is completing majors in Sociology/Anthropology and Theater, and is minoring in History and Spanish. She has experience in both acting and doing work backstage. Her research assistant work included conducting and transcribing interviews. She is excited to continue to create meaningful art that contributes to conversation around social justice in the Latinx community.