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Xochilt Montaño

Instructor & Coordinator Spanish as a Heritage Language Program
Xochilt Montaño, M.A.

Native Tucsonan, first generation Chicana, Spanish heritage speaker, and instructor and coordinator for the Spanish for Heritage Learners Program (SHLP). Xochilt has been teaching in SHLP since 2013, and has been a program coordinator since 2020. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona with a major in Spanish and a minor in Philosophy. She later obtained a master's degree in Spanish with an emphasis in Spanish Literature and Hispanic Cultures. Xochilt is also a current Ph.D. student in Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies (TLS) at The University of Arizona. Her main academic interests are Latine representation in Pop-Culture, Border Studies, and Heritage Language pedagogy.