Foreign Language and Latin American Studies Fellows

CLAS administers Foreign Language and Latin American Studies Fellowships for Stanford students pursuing language training in less commonly taught languages of Latin America. 

Fellowships awarded in 2024-25 and prior years were made possible with Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships funding from the U.S. Department of Education under the auspices of Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Awardees

2024-25

Haitian Creole 

  • Annís Barron, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’25

Nahuatl

  • Yuritzi Estrada, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’25
  • Rebeca Santa Maria Granados, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’25

Portuguese 

  • Fabián Carchi, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’25
  • Paola Parra, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’25
  • Brandon Rubio, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’25
  • Kallie White, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’25
  • Rachel Zila, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’25
Summer 2025

Nahuatl

  • José Rubén Díaz Vásquez, Ph.D., Modern Thought and Literature, ’26
    • Utah Nahuatl Language and Culture Program, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.

Portuguese

  • Maren Beauchamp, Ph.D., Iberian & Latin American Culture, '30
    • University of Florida in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Raina Moseley, B.A., Communication, '26
    • Middlebury Language Immersion Program in Bennington, Vermont, U.S.A.
2023-24

Haitian Creole 

  • Ana Elena Smith, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’24

Nahuatl

  • Lola Amaya, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’24
  • Anahi De La Cruz, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’24

Quechua

  • Elias Aceves, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’24
Summer 2024

Haitian Creole

  • Ana Elena Smith, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’24
    • Florida International University Haitian Summer Institute, Florida, U.S.A.

Nahuatl

  • Adan Marquez, B.A., Iberian and Latin American Culture; B.S., Science, Technology, and Society, ’25
    • University of Utah Intensive Nahuatl Language and Culture Program, Utah, U.S.A.

Portuguese

  • Mariel Camargo, B.A.H., Urban Studies, ’25
    • Language and Culture Program, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Cydni Gordon, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’24
    • Language and Culture Program, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Ethan Hill, Ph.D., Iberian and Latin American Cultures, ’28
    • Language and Culture Program, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Quechua

  • Annel Andrea Leon Tenorio, B.S.H., Bioengineering, ’25
    • Centro Tinku, Cusco, Peru
2022-23

Portuguese 

  • Emilio Espinal, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’23
  • Estefania Ramirez, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’23
  • Minah Choi, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’23
Summer 2023

Kichwa

  • Susan Caroline Bailey, Ph.D., English & Latin American Literature, ’26

Maya (Yucateco)

  • Michelle Ha, Ph.D., Modern Thought & Literature, ’26
2021-22

Nahuatl

  • Claudia Bobadilla, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’22
  • Shannen Torres, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’22

Portuguese 

  • Julian Acevedo, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’22
  • Sean Gallagher, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’22
  • Natasha Jain-Poster, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’22
  • Eliza Moreno, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’22
Summer 2022

Portuguese

  • Claudia Bobadilla, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’22
  • Natasha Jain-Poster, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’22
  • Maria Ridgeway-Elsner, Ph.D., Modern Thought and Literature ’25
2020-21

Nahuatl

  • Iris Osorio-Villatoro, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’21
  • María Fernández Escobar, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’21

Portuguese 

  • Raymundo López, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’21
  • María López Rosas, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’21
  • Nathan Santos, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’21
  • Hannah Smith, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’21
  • David Harrison, M.A., Latin American Studies, ’21
Summer 2021

Nahuatl

  • Claudia Bobadillo, B.A., International Relations, ’20
    • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • José Rubén Díaz Vásquez, Ph.D., Modern Thought and Literature ’25
    • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Hatian Creole

  • Shannen Orquidea Torres, B.A., Earth Systems, ’21
    • Florida International University, Miami, Florida 

*All summer 2021 language programs were taught virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

2019-20

Portuguese 

  • Alan Arroyo-Chávez, M.A. in Latin American Studies, ‘20
  • Sheila Cochrane, B.S. in Earth Systems, ‘21
  • Sara Damore, M.S. in Community Health/Prevention Research, ‘21
  • Jessica Magallón-Gálvez, M.A. in Latin American Studies, ‘20
  • Mary Elizabeth Prosser, M.A. in Latin American Studies, ‘20

Quechua

  • Eda Marcela Benites Nieto, M.A. in Latin American Studies, ‘20
  • Jessica F. Cordiglia, M.A. in Latin American Studies, ‘20
Summer 2020

Maya K’iche’

  • Iris Osorio-Villatoro, M.A. in Latin American Studies, Stanford University, ‘21
    • Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana  

Nahuatl

  • José Rubén Díaz Vásquez, Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature, Stanford University, ‘25
    • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 

Portuguese

  • Herber Banda, B.A. in Earth Systems, Stanford University, ‘21
    • Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Mary Elizabeth Prosser, M.A. in Latin American Studies, Stanford University, ‘20
    • Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Claudia Bobadilla, B.A. in International Relations, Stanford University, ‘21
    • University of Florida-Language and Culture Program, Gainesville, Florida
  • Breanna Moore, Ph.D. in History, University of Pennsylvania, ‘23
    • University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Quechua

  • Jessica F. Cordiglia, M.A. in Latin American Studies, ‘20
    • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

*All summer 2020 language programs were taught virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

2018-19

Nahuatl 

  • Andrea Flores, M.A. in Latin American Studies, ‘19

Portuguese

  • Marleny Aracely De León Figueroa, M.A. in Latin American Studies, ‘19
  • Christine Logan, M.A. in Latin American Studies, ‘19
  • Lucía López Rosas, M.A. in Latin American Studies, ‘19
  • Monica Ayala-Talavera, M.A. in Latin American Studies, ‘19
Summer 2019

Nahuatl

  • Jessica Cordiglia, M.A. in Latin American Studies, Stanford University, ‘20
    • University of Utah Nahuatl Language and Culture Program, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Ana María Vázquez, A.A. in Liberal Arts, De Anza Community College, ‘19
    • University of Utah Nahuatl Language and Culture Program, Salt Lake City, Utah

Portuguese

  • Angela Marie Leocata, Ph.D. in Anthropology, Stanford University, ‘24
    • Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina (UNISUL) Intensive Portuguese, Florianopolis, Brazil
  • Christine Logan, M.A. in Latin American Studies, Stanford University, ‘19
    • University of Florida-Language and Culture Program, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Didi Park, B.A. in Comparative Literature, Stanford University, ‘19
    • University of Florida-Language and Culture Program, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
2017-18

Nahuatl

  • Aleyda Yvette Borja, J.D., ‘18
  • Yongjian Si, M.A. in Latin American Studies, ‘18

Portuguese

  • Ana Karen Cervantes Ramirez, M.A. in Latin American Studies, ‘18
  • Michelle Reddy, PhD.. in International and Comparative Education, ‘20

Quechua

  • David Albán Hidalgo, M.A. in Latin American Studies, ‘18
  • Sara Clemente, M.A. in Latin American Studies, ‘18
Summer 2018

Nahuatl

  • Ana María Vázquez, AA in Liberal Arts, De Anza Community College, ‘19
    • University of Utah Nahuatl Language and Culture Program, Salt Lake City, Utah

Portuguese

  • Jasmín Espinosa, MA in Latin American Studies, ‘19
    • University of Florida in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Quechua

  • Sara Clemente, MA in Latin American Studies, ‘18
    • Centro Tinku Intensive Quechua Summer, Cusco, Peru