1999 Ph.D. Georgetown University, Sociolinguistics (with distinction)
Dissertation: Immigrant Identities: A Discourse Analysis of Narratives told by Mexicans in the U.S
Mentor: Deborah Schiffrin
1996 M.Phil. Cambridge University [UK], Linguistics
Dissertation: Language and Subjectivity.
Mentor: John Lyons
1995 M.A. Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia [Mexico], Sociolinguistics (with distinction)
1978 B.A. Università degli studi di Palermo, Foreign Languages and Literatures (cum laude)