Abril Navarro

Abril Navarro grew up in the Yucatán Peninsula in southern Mexico. She obtained a double degree in Linguistics and Spanish as an undergraduate, and a M.A. degree in Linguistics, from UMass Amherst. Her research has focused mostly on theoretical syntax, more specifically on the ergativity of Maya Yucatec. Abril entered the Ph.D. program in Hispanic Linguistics in 2015. She is interested in developing assessment tools for non-native speakers, linguistic attitudes towards speakers of indigenous languages, and language policy issues, including raising awareness against linguistic discrimination, and common misconceptions of heritage language speakers.