2004 Postdoctoral Masters in Science in Clinical Research
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
College of Health Related Professions and School of Medicine,
San Juan, Puerto Rico
In progress

Certificate in Vocology (Science of Voice Rehabilitation)
Summer Vocology Institute
National Center for Voice and Speech & University of Iowa
Denver, Colorado
9 graduate credits approved

1991 Master in Science
Major: Speech-Language Pathology
University of Puerto Rico,
College of Health Related Professions,
San Juan, Puerto Rico

HLAG 6300 Basic concepts of linguistics, psicolinguistics and psicoacoustics
HLAG 6519 Problems of Articulation and Phonological Disorders
PHAL 6518 Voice Disorders
PHAL6514 Cleft Palate
HLAG 6309 Experimental Design in Speech and Hearing Sciences

October 2002 - July 2003
Private Practice (Voice Disordered Patients)
Torre Plaza Las Américas, Suite 811
San Juan, Puerto Rico

October 1991 - August 1992
Speech-Language Pathologist
Hospital del Maestro
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

February 1995 - Present
Consultant in Speech-Language Pathology
The Psychological Corporation
San Antonio, Texas

October 1992 - June 1993
Speech-Language Pathologist
Specialized Educational Center for Children with Learning Disabilities
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

January 1992 - June 1992
Speech-Language Pathologist
Council for Preschool Children
Head Start Division
Río Piedras, Puerto Rico

Vocal Function Following Chemoradiation and Voice Therapy for
Advanced Laryngeal Cancer
Research Project required for Post Doctoral Masters Degree in Clinical Research
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus

Project in progress

Vocal Function Following Chemoradiation and Voice Therapy for Advanced Laryngeal Cancer
Research Project required for Post Doctoral Masters Degree in Clinical Research
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
Project in progress

Linguistic characteristics of normal disfluencies of Puerto Rican Spanish-speaking preschoolers
Joint study with Prof. Edna Carlo and Ms. Rosa Irene, Speech-Language Pathologists, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Presented at 4^{th World Congress of Fluency Disorders
Montreal, Canada}

Semantic-syntactic categories of verbs used by Puerto-Rican children within the ages of three to five years in the San Juan Metropolitan Area of Puerto Rico: Educational applications
Doctoral dissertation - May 2001

A comparative study of attention, memory, and perception processes in children
Doctoral Program, College of Education
Río Piedras Campus, University of Puerto Rico
May 1996

A study of social decision-making behaviors in Puerto Rican children with language disorders - Conducted at the Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Presented by Dr. Nicolás Linares at the Workshop on Communication Disorders & Juvenile Behaviors, at the National
Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Bethesda, Maryland
June 14-15, 1994

Linguistic characteristics of normal disfluencies of Puerto Rican Spanish-speaking preschoolers
Joint study with Prof. Edna Carlo and Ms. Rosa Irene, Speech-Language Pathologists, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Presented at 4^{th World Congress of Fluency Disorders
Montreal, Canada
August 2003}

Semantic-syntactic categories of verbs used by Puerto-Rican children within the ages of three to five years in the San Juan Metropolitan Area of Puerto Rico: Educational applications
Presentation of doctoral dissertation Puerto Rican Association of Speech-Language Pathologists, Therapists and Audiologists
Annual Conference, October 2001
Palmas del Mar Hotel, Humacao, Puerto Rico

The development of coordination and subordination nexus’: Clinical applications
Puerto Rican Association of Speech-Language Pathologists, Therapists and Audiologists
Annual Conference, October 1999
Embassy Suites, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Adverb or preposition? An approach to the unvariable parts of the Sentence
Puerto Rican Association of Speech-Language Pathologists, Therapists and Audiologists
Annual Conference, February 1999
Ponce Hilton, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Differences versus deficits from a speech-language pathology perspective
English Language Teachers’ Association Interamerican University of Puerto Rico
Humacao, Puerto Rico
February 1999

Care and production of the professional voice
Collegiate Secretaries International
Administration of Office Systems Department
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
March 1998.

The semantic classification of verbs: Clinical applications
Puerto Rican Association of Speech-Language Pathologists, Therapists and Audiologists
Annual Conference, October 1997
Cerromar Hotel, Dorado, Puerto Rico

A comparative study of attention, memory, and perception processes in children
Doctoral Program, College of Education
Río Piedras Campus, University of Puerto Rico
May 1996

The Professional Voice
Department of Drama
Río Piedras Campus, University of Puerto Rico
August 1996 to December 1996
Special course for students of the Drama Department

Some recommendations to improve writing skills in Spanish
Department of Communicative Disorders
Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico
May 1995

Puerto Rican Association of Speech-Language Pathologists, Therapists and Audiologists
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Member

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852
Certified Member

Member of the Consulting Committee for the evaluation of Institutional License Renovation of the Carlos Albizu University, Puerto Rico Higher Education
Council (2002).

Consultant in Speech-Language Pathology to Head Start Program from the Family Department, for the development of the Scale for Evaluating Language Skills in Spanish (1999).

Member of the Multicultural Issues Board (MIB)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Bethesda, Maryland
January 2004 to present