Hometown: Raymond, Maine

Aiyanna is a recent graduate of Stetson University in DeLand, FL, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in World Languages & Cultures, concentrating in Spanish Translation.  She is a Spanish and Portuguese language scholar and has lived in Mexico, Brazil, and Spain.  She is an alumna of the Stetson University Bonner Program where she worked with local nonprofits to design and facilitate life-skills workshops for the parents of ESOL students in Volusia County.

Concentration: History, Culture, and
Research Area- Substantive: Spanish Language of the United States, impacts of language and immigration on identity (senior project at Stetson University)
Research Area (Geographic): Mexico/U.S, Colombia, Brazil