I am a professor of General and Hispanic Linguistics at the Dept. of Modern Languages and the Dept. of Linguistics of the University of Ottawa, the director of the Language Acquisition Research Laboratory of that same university and the Director of the Nebrija-Santander Global Chair in Spanish as a Language for Migrants and Refugees of the Universidad Nebrija.
Distinguished University Professor (2017-present); 100 Españoles Award (2014); 10 Most Influential Hispanic-Canadians (2013); Encomienda de la Orden del Mérito Civil (2008)