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I am an Assistant Professor in the Human Development program at the University of Maryland. I was born and raised in Argentina. I came to the US to pursue my master’s degree in Comparative and International Education at New York University. Then I did my Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Research Methodology at Purdue University.

My overarching research program explores learning contexts that shape how young children develop and learn, with a particular focus on dual language learners (DLLs) from immigrant Latine communities. Latine families bring immense linguistic and cultural assets to schools and communities, yet Latine children are considered among the most vulnerable of young learners. Disparities in learning outcomes, however, rest within structural factors such as cultural and linguistic biases in our knowledge base and the reliance on measures that are not culturally or linguistically sensitive but commonly used to make instructional and policy decisions. 

My research program addresses these main issues through two main strands: (a) culturally sensitive measures and (b) contextual factors shaping early learning, with a specific interest in early mathematics skills

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