Lidya received her B.A. and M.A. in Spanish from the University of Central Florida. Her teaching experience includes working as an instructor to children with special needs. She worked as a Spanish highschool teacher for Orange County Public Schools in Orlando Florida. Lidya was a Spanish instructor at the University of Central Florida as a Teaching Assistant. Her interest includes the representation of violence in Central American literature with an emphasis in testimonial narrative and subaltern subjects. She is also interested in the Contemporary Latin American Chronicle and New Historicism. Lidya is originally from Honduras and enjoys traveling, camping, and spending time with her family.