A Linguist with a medical background. An MD deciphering language.
Born and raised in Mexico, I have lived in Spain, and in the
United States for the last 13 years. I practiced Audiology
and Otoneurology in hospital settings in Mexico City, and
after a joyful family leave, I decided to go back to
academia and explore the fascinating field of language.
Mónica López-Vázquez
MD, Linguist, Spanish editor.
A Master's in creative writing and an MA in Linguistics,
along with a medical background, and linguistics knowledge,
allow me to teach, develop, edit, translate, customize, and
culturally adapt a wide variety of contents in Spanish.
Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Emoji in a
Whatsapp Corpus in Spanish.
NLP extraction, pragmatic and sociolinguistic analysis of
emoji use.
2
Translation and Cultural Adaptation of PANDABox for
Hispanic population.
Parent Assisted Neurodevelopmental Assessment for children at
risk of Autism. A research project conducted at the
Carolina Institute of Developmental Disabilities.
3
Qualitative Analysis of the Heritage Language Student
Survey at UNC.
Conducted by the Office of Institutional Research and
Assessment UNC.
Background
Education: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - Medicine.
Hospital General de México - Audiology and
Otoneurology. Masters in Creative Writing - Universidad Europea de
Madrid. MA in Linguistics - (May 22) University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Research: Published research
papers
in Audiology. Multiple international congress presentations.
Teaching: Teaching in the medical field for more than 11 years. Two
years as teaching fellow in the Romance Languages Department
UNC.
Editing: Panamerican Society of Audiology
Bilingual Newsletter ¿Qué PASA? 9 years. Abstract translation into Spanish for the International
Journal of Audiology, 10 years.
Volunteering: Spanish academic mentor at UNC
correctional education program 2021. Content design,
advisory and advocacy for the implementation of the National
Neonatal Hearing Loss Screening Program in Mexico
2003-2005. Content design, advisory and advocacy for a
hearing aid distribution program. Fundación Venga y
Oiga, 2004-2005.