• D Candidate of Foreign Language and Literature, Purdue University- WL, IN. USA
• Master of arts – Foreign Language and Literature, Purdue University- WL, IN. USA
• A. in Tourism, Universidad Hispanoamericana – Collegium Sapientia – Costa Rica
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration with a focus on Tourism, Hospitality, and Related Businesses, Universidad Hispanoamericana – Collegium Sapientia – Costa Rica

Professor Alvarado holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a focus on Tourism, Hospitality, and Related Businesses from Hispanoamericana University in Costa Rica. She also has a Master of Arts in Foreign Languages and Literature, specializing in Latin American and Luso-Brazilian Literature from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. She has a postgraduate degree in Sustainable Tourism Planning from UCA-Nicaragua and training in Micro and Macro Curriculum Planning from UAM-Nicaragua.

Currently, she is a professor at Universidad Americana, teaching Marketing and Advertising, and at Keiser University, where she instructs Spanish Composition, Writing for Managers, and World Literature.