My research focuses on three areas. The first area builds on my dissertation research related to Ecuadorian cinema within the broader Latin American cinematic context; the second expands my research in other regional cinemas and their visual representations; and the third pertains to educational technology and applied linguistics, which is the impact of study abroad and online education in language acquisition.

In my first research area, I focused on the study of film posters and adaptations. In 2014, the Ecuadorean National Film Archive published my book Ecuadorian Cinema Posters: 1969-2013. The research for this project took more than three years, and involved both individual and collaborative aspects, and is the first project of its kind in Ecuador. My investigation centered on digitally restoring, cataloging and classifying all graphic artwork in the Film Archive’s possession and presenting the first introductory study of Ecuadorian Film posters. In 2016, the Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance published my article “Civilization and Barbarism in Ecuadorian television and cinema: The case of the adaptations of Cumandá, La Tigra and Los Sangurimas” a unique adaptation analysis from the ecocritical point of view.

Additionally, I have collaborated with Puerto Rican director Ariel Orama López and the design of film posters for his short films in recent years. I had the pleasure of working with him designing five posters for his short films: One (2018), Mariano (2018), #Bóxers (2018), 2Hoom (2020), and [Y] (2020). His critically acclaimed short film One has won ten international prizes, and it has been in official selections of several international festivals such as Five Continents International Film Festival (2019), Los Angeles CineFest (2019), Festival Internacional de Cine de Yécora (2019) among other 34 film festivals. One is a homage to the victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.