Dr. Jamile was born and raised in the south of Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul). She has a PhD in Hispanic Linguistics from Florida State University. She also has a Master’s degree in Hispanic Linguistics and a TESOL certificate from Florida State University. She has been teaching languages (English, Portuguese, and Spanish) for over 23 years. Dr. Jamile has also taught advanced and content courses at different types of local institutions as well as institutions abroad. (i.e., liberal arts colleges, research universities, language courses, elementary and high schools, and study abroad programs). In these different environments, she has been able to interact with many different kinds of learners, their language goals, and pedagogical needs. In the past, she has been the recipient of two Fulbright grants to promote pedagogical training to local language teachers from public schools in Brazil. Besides her passion and vivid work in teaching and promoting training and certification in language instruction; Dr. Jamile focuses on conducting scientific research in areas such as trilingualism, bilingualism, and lexical processes in a second or foreign language. In her free time, she enjoys reading, traveling, meditating, watching soccer, and playing with her cat Bruce Wayne.
