Lina Muñoz Márquez has been teaching Spanish as a second language since 2012. Her teaching and research focus on Latin American cultures, literatures, and films exploring the links among culture, gender, race, mobility, and politics. Her research also concentrates on films and audiovisual production of Latin American indigenous people, with an emphasis on the Andean region. Her teaching passions and interests include fostering interaction and cultural immersion by using authentic resources like literature, music, films, and multimedia content to make lessons more effective and engaging. In her classes, she also emphasizes project-based learning, intercultural and communicative approaches, and the appreciation of diversity and inclusion. 

At WPI, Muñoz Márquez has taught a wide variety of courses from Elementary Spanish I to upper-level courses such as Latin American Cultures, Latin American Films, Latin American Literature, Spanish Film and Media, Afro-Indigenous Voices in Latin America, Spanish for Business, and several Independent Studies (ISU). She has also advised various Minor and Major capstone projects in Spanish and has co-advised several cohorts in the Spanish Summer Program in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Additionally, she has served as an Insight Advisor for first-year students and has co-advised IQP projects in Asunción, Paraguay.