She has also taught at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. She received her Ph.D. from UC Irvine in 1995 and currently holds the position of Associate Editor for the bilingual theater journal Gestos: Teoría y Práctica del Teatro Hispánico. She has published articles on photography and theater and on contemporary Spanish playwrights, as well as literary intertextuality and its metaphorical significance in theater.