Hola! I'm Armando, a Spanish sociolinguist and academic programs director at UCLA. My passion is to empower others with the awareness of their linguistic experience, applying sociocultural theory to empirical observations.

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My research explores Spanish language variation in the United States, investigating how social identities and cultural practices are developed and subsequently negotiated in linguistic interaction. As a Latinx Spanish/English bilingual speaker, I have a special interest in the ethnolinguistic repertoire of heritage language speakers who often navigate landscapes influenced by unique ideological structures.

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Yoga has supported my path to self healing, and I am elated to share my personal practice with my community. I am certified through YogaWorks®, where I completed a 200-hr yoga teacher training in 2017 on the island of Koh-Samui, Thailand with senior yoga teachers Ana Zorzou and David Kim.