About Profe

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My name is Allisson Fernanda Restrepo Schnee and I am a current doctoral student of Hispanic linguistics with a minor in applied linguistics at Texas Tech University. I am a Spanish heritage speaker, meaning that I grew up in a very small town in Kansas, raised by two immigrant parents from Colombia, where I learned to communicate and interact both Spanish and English languages.

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In my early years, I often experienced a lack of representation and appreciation for my Hispanic community, where I grew up. I spent most of my life feeling like I did not belong in the only place I knew to call home. That was until, I was immersed in heritage language classrooms held at my university. In these classes I was exposed to cultural topics related to my community, introduced to experiences of peers that had similar upbringings as I, and I was given an outlet to advocate and reconnect with my heritage culture. I knew then and there, that I wanted to spend the rest of my life helping others not only learn about the language but also gain a deeper understanding of their identity as a language learner learning to express their multilingualism. I hope to one day demonstrate to other individuals, who may have felt similarly disconnected, how one can enhance their linguistic knowledge while remaining authentic to their identity and heritage.

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Throughout my undergraduate and graduate studies, I have been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to have led and instructed several Spanish classes, ranging from Kindergarten-12th grades through foundational university-level courses. In the future, I aspire to pursue a position as a professor in higher education. ​

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