2019–presentWorkSelectedAcademic direction for learning, assessment, and AIOpen Green RoadBilingual
Leads academic foundations, standards, teams, and product innovation for educational platforms and test preparation across Latin America.
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45 entries
2019–presentWorkSelectedAI-powered tools for standardized-test preparationOpen Green RoadBilingual
Designs and deploys AI-supported educational tools, including an assistant for test preparation, and trains teams to use generative AI critically and effectively.
2025TalkSelectedAn AI designed to help with the PAES: How do I use nutrIA to prepare?nutrIA / Open Green Road — webinarES
A practical session for students on using an AI assistant responsibly and effectively while preparing for Chile's university admissions test.
2025RecognitionSelectedSelected for Best Microfiction 2025Best MicrofictionEN
“Self-Portrait in the Time of Disaster” was selected for the 2025 edition of the annual anthology.
2024MediaSelectedLet me introduce you to the artificial intelligencesEl País (Cali)ES
A public-facing column that replaces the singular myth of AI with a more useful view of distinct systems, capabilities, and choices.
2024MediaSelectedWhat is ChatGPT?El País (Cali)ES
An accessible explanation of ChatGPT and the habits of judgment readers need when working with generative systems.
2024FictionSelectedDim the Screen to Turn Off Your BrainCleaver MagazineEN
A writing tip on loosening conscious control and creating the conditions for surprising language.
2024FictionSelectedAngelaCleaver Magazine 45EN
A short story published in issue 45 of Cleaver Magazine.
2024FictionSelectedSelf-Portrait in the Time of DisasterSad Girl DiariesEN
A microfiction later selected for Best Microfiction 2025.
2023TalkSelectedArtificial intelligence and educationNinja Excel / Buk — webinarES
A public webinar on the relationship between artificial intelligence, learning, and workplace training.
2023TalkSelectedHow to use AI bots in creative writingOiga, Mire, Lea — workshopES
A three-hour workshop exploring practical and critical uses of generative AI in creative-writing practice.
2023TeachingSelectedInvited class on Sudowrite and creative writingUniversity of North Carolina — Lance Cummings's classEN
An invited class demonstrating and critically examining an AI writing tool in a creative-writing context.
2023FictionGene Pool PartyMeg Pokrass — Birthday Gift Gone Wrong ContestEN
An eighteen-word microfiction selected as a contest winner.
2023FictionConiglio in AgrodolceMeg Pokrass — Strange Date ContestEN
A fifteen-word microfiction selected as a contest winner.
2022FictionNothing to Fall ForThe PhareEN
A work of flash fiction published in the journal's Winter 2022 issue.
2021FictionTiny Julian Is On the LooseCabinet of HeedEN
A microfiction published in Cabinet of Heed in July 2021.
2021FictionXimiBending GenresEN
A microfiction published by Bending Genres in June 2021.
2021FictionSAT Words for TodayThe Phare 21EN
A microfiction that turns the vocabulary of standardized testing into compressed narrative material.
2021FictionGiant SchoolThe Ekphrastic ReviewEN
A finalist in the journal's ekphrastic bird-watching flash-fiction contest.
2021FictionThe GlitchThe Ekphrastic ReviewEN
A second finalist in the journal's ekphrastic bird-watching flash-fiction contest.
2021FictionThis Is MePassengers JournalEN
A microfiction published in volume 2, issue 4 of Passengers Journal.
2021FictionSleepersTypishlyEN
A microfiction published by Typishly in March 2021.
2018TalkSelectedAligning language tests with the Common European FrameworkFeria Internacional de Idiomas (FIID)ES
A conference on connecting language-assessment design and interpretation to the Common European Framework of Reference.
2017–2019WorkSelectedDirection of PIENSE and English test developmentCollege Board — Puerto Rico and Latin America OfficeBilingual
Directed PIENSE and coordinated English assessment across the regional exam suite, from specifications and item development to fairness, editing, and form assembly.
2017TalkEnglish teaching by native speakers—and for native speakers?Feria Internacional de Idiomas (FIID)ES
A critical examination of native-speaker assumptions in English teaching and assessment.
2016TalkSelectedThe Future of Assessment and Global StandardsFeria Internacional de Idiomas (FIID) — panelEN
A panel discussion about the future of assessment and the opportunities and tensions created by international standards.
2016TalkNative Speakers, World Englishes, and Language AssessmentANUPI — plenary sessionEN
A plenary on how global English varieties complicate traditional ideas of proficiency and fair language assessment.
2016TalkEnglish Proficiency and the Common European FrameworkABLA — TexasEN
A conference on interpreting English proficiency through the levels and claims of the Common European Framework.
2016TalkIs There a Place for English Literature in Language Instruction?Feria Internacional de Idiomas (FIID)EN
A conference arguing for the purposeful use of literature in language instruction.
2015TalkSelectedThe Sense of Style: Writing Clearly and Reading CarefullySeminarios de Nivel AvanzadoEN
An advanced workshop connecting precise prose, close reading, and the editorial decisions that make meaning clearer.
2014–2015WorkSelectedSpanish and English language-test developmentCollege Board — Puerto Rico and Latin America OfficeBilingual
Worked across the complete language-test lifecycle: writer assignments, expert committees, passage selection and leveling, editorial review, and final production.
2014TalkSelectedTools to Assess English Proficiency in Latin AmericaMEXTESOLEN
A conference on instruments and interpretive frameworks for assessing English proficiency in Latin American contexts.
2013BookSelectedPersonal Writing AssistantGrupo Editorial NormaES
A 176-page practical guide to clearer, more effective writing in Spanish.
2013BookSelectedDeath and Other Things Confused with LoveShort-story collectionES
A Spanish-language collection of short fiction published in 2013.
2013BookSelectedPoison: Four Stories of Love and Other CrimesShort-story collectionES
A Spanish-language collection of four stories about love and its neighboring offenses.
2013FictionWilliam Ospina and His Poetry (and Me)Revista HermanoCerdoES
A hybrid literary piece combining criticism, memoir, and an encounter with poetry.
2010FictionSelectedThe Forms of SilenceRevista Eñe — Cosecha EñeES
A short story that received the 2010 Cosecha Eñe Audience Award.
2010RecognitionSelectedCosecha Eñe Audience AwardRevista EñeES
“Las formas del silencio” received the audience award in the journal's 2010 short-story competition.
2010FictionAleksandrStone's Throw Magazine 4EN
A poem published in issue 4 of Stone's Throw Magazine.
2010FictionA Good OneStone's Throw Magazine 4EN
A microfiction published in issue 4 of Stone's Throw Magazine.
2009–2014WorkSelectedEditorial systems for educational publishingGrupo Editorial NormaBilingual
Built style guides, selection tools, schedules, and quality workflows for multilingual textbook projects involving authors, translators, editors, designers, and illustrators.
2006–2012TeachingSelectedLaw teaching and editorship of Criterio JurídicoPontificia Universidad Javeriana CaliBilingual
Taught legal history and legal English while editing a peer-reviewed journal, developing its style guide, citation system, review process, and final publication.
2003–2007TeachingInterdisciplinary university teaching and legal publishingUniversidad IcesiES
Taught legal history, Roman history, the Roman Empire, and symbolic logic while supporting the research and publication of the journal Precedente.
1998FictionAnother Deflowering by Katerine RojasTulane ReviewEN
An early poem published in the Spring 1998 issue of Tulane Review.
1997–2002RecognitionAcademic and creative-writing honors at TulaneTulane UniversityEN
Graduated summa cum laude after receiving the Dean's Honors Scholarship, a Summer Scholars Grant for creative writing, the Pierce Butler Prize, and the William Wallace Peery Medal.