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Dr. Yuriko Ikeda is originally from Mexico City, Mexico. She earned her Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from Texas Tech University. After graduation, she taught at Marian University in Indianapolis, Indiana, for eight years. Her teaching experience consists of twenty years of instruction at three universities, a community college, and two high schools. She has experience designing and teaching all levels of language courses, Spanish for Specific Purposes, and literature and culture courses. Her research interests include apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic literature, detective fiction, Spanish for Specific Purposes and Spanish for Heritage Speakers. 

"True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross;

then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own." Nikos Kazantzakis