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A specialist in Early Modern Spanish literature and in teaching Spanish as a foreign language.
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About Valeria
Dr. Mora-Hernández is a member of the International Coaching Federation who has embraced pioneering as her signature strength. Her life has been shaped by her experience being a female of color together with being a first-generation immigrant, first-generation Ph.D., college instructor, researcher, and academic writer. She also is the first one in her big family to have a multicultural household.
Originally from Chile, Dr. Mora-Hernández was the first one of the Mora-Hernández family to pursue a college degree. After obtaining both a B.A. and an M.A. at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, she became the first one to leave her home country to pursue a doctorate degree. After graduating from the Ph.D. in Spanish at the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Mora-Hernández migrated again to live for a short period of time in Vienna, Austria, and then returned to the US, where she is currently living in Oakland, California.
In her personal and professional journey, Dr. Mora-Hernández has learned that being the first one often feels lonely. The cultural barriers, stereotype threats, and challenges that come with shaking up “the way things have always been done” frequently represent a threat to our motivation, confidence, and academic development. This lesson inspired her to create an inclusive and culturally aware coaching practice to support other pioneers in their professional journeys.
Additionally, as a Spanish Literature Ph.D., Dr. Mora-Hernández is also a specialist in Early Modern Spanish narrative as well as in teaching Spanish as a foreign language. During the last years, her academic research has focused on studying the connections between violence, gender, identity, marginalization, and disability in the context of Early Modern Spanish literature. She examines the causes and effects of violence among characters from canonical texts, such as the ones represented in the works of authors such as Quevedo, Cervantes y Zayas.
Some of her skills are:
- Building trust
- Creating awareness
- Finding and nurturing other people’s strengths
- Motivating groups and individuals to complete projects
- Articulating overall goals & creating mini-goals for others
- Giving positive feedback
- Active listening
- Verbal & Written communication
- International and multicultural awareness
- Bilingual Spanish & English