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| Maria Eugenia Moratto, PhD, Faculty member, Department of Romance Languages, UNCG Tel: 336.334.5655 Email: drmoratto@triad.rr.com |
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Maria Eugenia Moratto is no stranger to immigration, being an immigrant herself. She arrived in the US twenty-six years ago, pursuing a PhD in Cultural Anthropology and Ethnic Studies and never thought that she would not go back to live in her home country, Brazil. She has lived in several states and moved from Northern California to North Carolina two years ago, following her son who is attending the North Carolina School of the Arts. She presently teaches Spanish at both UNCG and HPU and lives in High Point.Maria collects degrees, having five of them. Throughout the years she has developed many research interests in several areas with her favorite being ethnic identity. She also pursues research in the expressive culture of immigrant populations, second language acquisition using Multiple Intelligences, foreign language interpreters’ evaluation, and teaching foreign languages using technology.
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