Student News
Early on Isis Santoni Morro knew she wanted to minor in Latin American and Latino
Studies.
Read about Isis Santoni Morro, '23 who is completing majors in English and Spanish as well as her minor in Latin American
and Latino Studies.
LALS minor Julia McClean is completing a most coherent course of study at Loyola.
Read about Julia McClean, '20 who is achieving two majors (Spanish, Global Studies) and a minor in Latin American
and Latino studies.
LALS minor Ana Pina finishes her fourth year at Loyola this semester!
Read about Ana Pina, '20 who combined a minor in Latin American and Latino Studies with her major in International
Business.
CASA Program fuels student's decision to minor in Latin American and Latino Studies
Read about Allie Whitefleet, ’12, whose participation with the CASA program in El Salvador during her junior year
at Loyola fueled her decision to minor in Latin American and Studies.
Latin American and Latino Studies minor received a William Jefferson Clinton scholarship
to study in Dubai
Read about Victoria Sirois', '17 study abroad experience in Dubai last summer.
Former Latin American and Latino Studies Minor Feels the Music in her Bones
Read about Marialana Merrick, '14, who is currently singing away in the Baltimore area.
Loyola Junior LALS Minor Keeps Busy These Days Taking Various Courses
Read about Patrick Diamond, '13, who continues to move up through the Spanish program taking "SN203: Introduction
to Reading Literature".
Loyola Senior Completing an Interdisciplinary Major in Global Studies with Two Minors,
Spanish and Latin American and Latino Studies
Read about Sean D'Alfonso, '11, who is graduating from Loyola with a Global Studies major and two minors, one in
Spanish and one in Latin American and Latino Studies.
Loyola Third-year LALS Minor Shares Her Culturally and Stimulating Experiences as
an Exchange Student in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Read about Rebecca Dulka, and her experiences as an Exchange Student in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Loyola Senior Majoring in Spanish and Minoring in LALS Reflects on Her Invaluable
Experiences in Argentina
Read about Jillian Shropshire, '11, who developed an early interest for Latin American culture even before she commenced
her studies at Loyola University Maryland.
Loyola Senior Achieving a Major in Two Fields and a Minor in a Third Field, Latin
American and Latino Studies
Read about Joshua Barnes, ’11, who is combining the Latin American and Latino Studies minor with a dual major in
Spanish and Global Studies.
Loyola Graduate Continues Her Studies Looking for Ways to Effect Positive Change
Read about Rachel Forbes, ‘08, who is presently pursuing a Master in Social Work degree with an international (Latin
American dimension) at Monmouth University in New Jersey.
Loyola to Graduate Its First Latin American and Latino Studies Minor
Read about Kaitlyn Quigley, '09, the first Loyola student to complete the Latin American and Latino Studies minor.
Student Translates Essay by Peruvian Essayist and Poet
Read about Cathleen Carris, '10, who put together the skills she has learned from her history and Spanish majors,
as well as her literary and English talents, to translate into English an essay by
the noted Peruvian modernist essayist and poet, Manuel González Prada.
Contact Us
Margarita JácomeProgram Director
Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies
Maryland Hall 351G
410-617-2364
mjacome@loyola.edu
Yolopattli Hernandez-Torres
Program Advisor
Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies
Maryland Hall 456
410-617-2364
yihernandez@loyola.edu