She received her doctoral degree from the University of Iowa (2013) and served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of Northern Iowa (2013–2014). In the fall of 2014 she joined the faculty at Linfield College, where she has taught Spanish courses at all levels and has designed content courses on literary and cultural representations of the Hispanic Caribbean, Latin America, and the Latina/o communities in the United States, including a Jan Term course in Puerto Rico. Dr. Carrasquillo Hernández is also the founder and organizer of the Bilingual Conversation Series: ¡Estamos Presentes! and served as the co-organizer of Antonio Martorell’s artistic residency at Linfield College (Rain/Lluvia, 2017).