Education

PhD, 2016
The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University

Thesis: The role of the native language in non-native perception and spoken word recognition: English vs. Spanish learners of Portuguese 
Supervisory panel: A/Prof Paola Escudero, Prof. Catherine T. Best, Dr. Jason Shaw and Dr. Daniel Williams  

Bachelor of Arts (Honours First Class), 2012

Languages and Linguistics, Western Sydney University. 
Thesis: The perception of Portuguese vowels by Australian English monolinguals and Spanish English Bilinguals 
Supervisors: A/Prof. Paola Escudero and Dr. Jason Shaw

Master of Arts (TESOL) with Distinction, 2011

Western Sydney University 

Bachelor of Arts (Spanish), 2010

Western Sydney University.