About Me
I am a PhD in Linguistics with extensive experience evaluating language, meaning, and communication across academic and professional contexts. My work centers on how language operates in real use—how ideas are structured…
I am a PhD in Linguistics with extensive experience evaluating language, meaning, and communication across academic and professional contexts. My work centers on how language operates in real use—how ideas are structured, how meaning is interpreted, and where communication can fail even when it appears grammatically correct. I specialize in identifying issues that go beyond surface-level errors, including ambiguity, inconsistencies in tone and register, and problems in coherence and logical flow.
Over the past decade, I have worked as a professor and researcher in applied linguistics, focusing on how language, cognition, and communication interact in complex environments. This has involved analyzing a wide range of texts, from academic and technical writing to professional communication, where precision and clarity are essential. Through this experience, I have developed a strong ability to evaluate not only whether language is correct, but whether it effectively conveys meaning in context.
A key part of my expertise lies in language evaluation and analysis. I am trained to detect subtle issues in syntax, semantics, and discourse, as well as mismatches between intended meaning and actual interpretation. I work in a systematic and methodical way, documenting patterns of error and providing structured, actionable feedback. This approach allows me to produce evaluations that are both precise and consistent—an essential requirement in AI-related tasks.
I am a native speaker of Chilean Spanish and fully fluent in English, with extensive experience working in bilingual academic and professional settings. I have a strong command of regional variation, idiomatic expressions, and pragmatic nuance, particularly in Chilean Spanish. This enables me to assess content not only for correctness, but for naturalness, cultural appropriateness, and contextual accuracy.
In recent years, I have also worked with AI-assisted writing and content generation tools.
Experience
Founder & Principal Consultant
Founded Verbia Advisory, a consultancy specialized in complex knowledge communication for research and industry contexts.
Worked with researchers, academic institutions, and technical professionals operating in high-stakes environments.
Provided academic and scientific writing support.
Prepared grant and funding proposals.
Handled research and technical communication.
Supported high-stakes oral communication including presentations, defenses, and strategic contexts.
Produced written content for clarity, coherence, and linguistic accuracy across English and Spanish.
Identified inconsistencies in tone, register, and meaning in complex texts.
Provided structured feedback to improve naturalness and precision in language use.
Used AI-assisted writing workflows and identified typical issues such as superficial fluency and weak coherence.
Provided expert evaluation, structural refinement, argumentative refinement, and positioning of knowledge within disciplinary and decision contexts.
Integrated AI-aware workflows as part of current communication practices.
Founder & Principal Consultant
Specialized in complex knowledge communication for research and industry contexts., Working with researchers, academic institutions, and technical professionals in high-stakes environments.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Conducted research in psycholinguistics within an international academic environment.
Contributed to interdisciplinary research and advanced knowledge production.
Addressed metacognitive processes.
Studied the integration of digital technologies in language learning.
Examined discourse mechanisms involved in knowledge construction in first and additional languages across oral and written modalities.
Investigated how knowledge is structured, processed, and communicated in academic contexts.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Conducted research in psycholinguistics within an international academic environment.
Professor & Training Coordinator
Taught and contributed to curriculum development in language and communication.
Coordinated academic training initiatives for early-career and experienced teachers in school and university contexts.
Designed and delivered training focused on effective communication, academic writing, and language use across educational settings.
Worked with diverse audiences and levels of expertise.
Analyzed, structured, and adapted communication for different contexts and stakeholders.
Professor & Training Coordinator
Taught and contributed to curriculum development in language and communication., Designed and delivered training focused on effective communication.
Academic Leadership Roles (Department Director & Governance Roles)
Served in roles such as Academic Council Member, Humanities Department Director, and Delegate.
Participated in institutional governance and academic leadership in higher education.
Professor & Researcher — Tenured
Conducted research and teaching in applied linguistics and psycholinguistics.
Focused on how knowledge is constructed, processed, and communicated in academic and professional contexts.
Led and contributed to research projects, including interdisciplinary initiatives.
Addressed language, cognition, and communication in complex environments.
Designed and delivered academic programs, courses, and training formats across university and professional contexts.
Developed online courses, modular programs, and specialized workshops.
Worked on academic writing and research communication.
Worked on high-stakes oral communication including presentations, thesis defenses, and professional contexts.
Provided supervision and mentoring of research projects.
Developed curriculum and program design in higher education.
Developed communication training for diverse audiences.
Integrated research, teaching, and applied communication.
Head of Strategic Communication
Lead communication strategy in a STEM university context., Responsible for structuring and aligning complex knowledge across multiple contexts.