Dr. Rosario Gomez

Treasurer

Born in Ecuador.
PhD in Linguistics from the University of Toronto.
Professor at the University of Guelph, specializing in Linguistics (Spanish-English), Sociolinguistics, Translation Studies, and teaching English as a Second Language.
Coordinator of the Sociolinguistic Corpus of Ecuador, part of an international research project based at the University of Alcalá in Spain.
Former president of the Canadian chapter of the Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
Former executive board member of the Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Actively promotes Hispanic and Spanish-language studies in Canada through research, teaching, and academic leadership.
Awarded in 2012 as one of the 10 Most Influential Hispanics in Canada in recognition of her leadership and community contributions.
Author and co-editor of several academic publications, including Ecuadorian Spanish in the 21st Century: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Hacia la cumbre, El yeísmo en España y América, and Diálogos sobre los espacios: imaginados, construidos y percibidos, and other literary translations.
Fluent in Spanish, English, French, and Italian, working knowledge of Portuguese.
Board member of the Hispanic Canadian Congress.
As treasurer of CHLAVM, Dr. Gómez is responsible for financial oversight and accountability, ensuring responsible fiscal practices that support the museum’s cultural and institutional vision.