Marco Torres

MALAS/MA in Hispanic Literature
Gender Studies; History

Marco Torres comes to the MALAS program after having earned a dual BA in Spanish Literature and Evolutionary Anthropology also from UNM.

His reasons for wanting to continue studying the region are diverse, prompted by a number of professional and academic experiences he's had. He participated for two summers in an international medical delegation to Honduras, where he collaborated with local residents to provide volunteer work and to raise money to provide medical and health care to rural and poor communities. Apart from this volunteer experience, he has also pursued summer coursework in Spain, which gave him the chance to study peninsular literature in the site where it was first written.

Now, as a graduate student at UNM, Marco hopes to focus his research on women's movements and indigenous communities in Durango, Mexico, which is where he is originally from. His decision to pursue this research at UNM was influenced by the great experiences he had as a undergrad student working with UNM's Latin Americanist faculty, and his belief that they can help him enhance his academic knowledge. He has found it helpful, too, that UNM offers a wide range of activities in which to be involved.

Outside of his studies, Marco is involved in the Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Association (SPGSA), where he participants in events which promote Latin American traditions and cultures. After graduation, Marco intends to continue in higher education, becoming a professor whose work address issues such as human rights, women's movements, indigenous studies through the lens of literature, and more. In his spare time, he likes to dance, listen to music, and read.