Reviews of professor Melissa Castillo Planas

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Castillo Planas was an amazing professor! I had the best experience in her class. She creates an atmosphere that is fun and brings topics to the table that are very interesting and easy to engage in. 10/10 do recommend

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is her first time teaching at this school, and she's killing it. I love her class, and she makes sure to talk about all latin histories. Her lectures are really interesting, she uses clips of movies & music to make relating to the text easier. She likes group work, and makes the class easy if you work for it, she loves participation. TAKE HER!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She clearly loves what she does and cares for her students. She gives so much time for work to be done and is so understanding with late work. The class is fun and she doesn't assign a lot of work. 3 papers and a few discussion boards + one presentation was the entire course.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is a good professor and isn't a harsh grader but is looking for students to analyze the readings more than review. There is opportunity for extra credit and she gives a lot of feedback for bettering your writing.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I really enjoyed taking Melissa Planas class. She's very nice, and understanding.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This women is truly amazing. She gives extra credit if you need it. I love this women. She became my mentor and she was the back bone to helping write my Senior Honor Thesis. Take her class. I encourage it. You need help just ask her. She can multitask life.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She is truly a doll! Loved her class she was able to really get us all involved. I feel like b she is young she understands her students better! Loved the class structure, she really added to the Latino Lit!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Castillo is one of the most brilliant professors I have ever had. Her knowledge of Latino literature and history is vast and impressive. She is passionate and enthusiastic. She also has very high expectations, but is willing to help you out with rewrites, accommodations, extra credit, etc.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Considering the fact shes a first-timer, she nailed it! She strictly covers Latino literature, nothing else. Melissa is always willing to help you outside of class with papers. Participation is her favorite thing to see out of her students. On the bright side, she makes class fun by showing clips of a movie or music videos.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Castillo Planas is very nice and sets a very safe space in class. She's very personable and understanding of everyone's writing experience and level. This was my second time taking a class with her and I strongly recommend it. I'm not even an English major so if you have space for extra electives please take one of her classes