I have served as a mentor in the Mentoring For the Future program. The program aims to bring diversity to academia by pairing students from diverse backgrounds (for example: first gen students, black, indigenous, Hispanic or other underrepresented groups) with current graduate students at Penn State. The goals are to assist them in every step of the graduate school application process. As a mentor, I guide my mentees by providing them with feedback in their application materials (SoP, CV, writing samples), crafting outreach emails, researching for additional financial help or funds, the search of graduate programs and networking. 

As of now, I have worked with students from all over the world: Kenya, Ghana, Puerto Rico, the USA, Peru, China and Mexico. Some have accepted offers of admissions in graduate programs and some others have obtained Fullbright scholarships.

Alongside my research, I have spent years working to expand access to higher education for first-generation, immigrant, and bilingual students in the communities I grew up in. As a way to maintain touch, I havee partnered with local school districts on outreach ranging from bilingualism symposiums to first-generation college panels.