Aidalí earned her first degree in Biology and began her graduate studies in Microbiology in her native Puerto Rico.  However, her true loves were, and still are, literature and comics. That is why she began her graduate career on Hispanic Studies at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus.  She wrote a dissertation titled La reencarnación de los dioses: Mitopoesis en la narrativa de Horacio Quiroga y Adolfo Bioy Casares.  She finished her PhD studies at the University of Connecticut in 2018.  Her dissertation, Imágenes distorsionadas: El olvido en la producción cultural chilena del siglo XXI [Distorted Images: Oblivion in Chilean Cultural Production of the XXI Century], focuses on contemporary Chilean literature, graphic novels, film and art; and how memories of the dictatorship have shifted in the last decade.  She is also interested in humor, fantasy, sci-fi, video games and history. 

• “E-Dem: Del olvido al simulacro” [under submission]
• “Del Olimpo al laboratorio: El hombre artificial.” Revista de Estudios Hispánicos 1-2 (2012): 129-136. Print [University of Puerto Rico]
• “La memoria chilena hoy.” Pucara 23 (2011): 83-98. Print [University of Cuenca, Ecuador]
• “¿La desaparición de la dictadura?: Zombies en la Moneda.” Cruce: Crítica Socio-Cultural Contemporánea (22 agosto 2011). [Metropolitan University, Puerto Rico]
• “La incorporeidad de la nación.” Pucara 22 (2010): 113-122. Print [University of Cuenca, Ecuador]
• “8-26 de agosto 2003.” Códice 5 (Spring 2004): 15. [University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez]

• “Del olvido al simulacro: E-Dem.” New England Council of Latin American Studies, Worcester, MA, November 10, 2018.
• “Zombie Pinochet Presidente: Carabineros, motosierras y estudiantes, ¡presente!” Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica, Granada, España, June 27-29, 2018.
• “From Island to City to Space: Boricua Superheroes.” New England Council of Latin American Studies, Durham, NH, November 4, 2017.
• “Cine que olvida: La trilogía de la dictadura de P. Larraín.” Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica, San Sebastián, España, July 5-8, 2016.
• “Michelle Bachellet: Puente entre la memoria y la postmemoria.” NEMLA Annual Conference,   Toronto, Canada, May 3, 2015.
• “La zombieficación de la memoria.” XIV Céfiro Annual Conference, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, April 4, 2013.
• “El dilema de las miradas: ‘Balada del condenado de Oklahoma’.” 31^st Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, Cincinnati, OH, May 5, 2011.
• “¿Experiencia sin fronteras?” University of Connecticut Graduate Student Conference – Tectonic Clashes, Storrs, CT, March 12, 2011.
• “Promoting Reading and Writing Skills Through Videos.” Connecticut high school teachers of Spanish for the University of Connecticut's Early College Experience Program, Storrs, CT, March 25, 2010.
• “La incorporeidad de la nación.” II Congreso Internacional: Ciudad e imaginarios en las literaturas latinoamericanas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile, November, 13, 2009.
• “La formación de lectores críticos.” Tercer Congreso de Lingüística Aplicada a la enseñanza del español, College Board Oficina para Puerto Rico y América Latina, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Ponce, PR, October 8, 2009.
• “Del hombre a la máquina.” La Jornada 2009: Otras subjetividades desde dentro y/o fuera de lo humano, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, September 26, 2009.
• “Del Olimpo al laboratorio.” Primer Congreso de Estudiantes Graduados de Estudios Hispánicos, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, PR, March 13, 2008.

• Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Inc., University of Connecticut, Phenomenal Women Award, November 2011.
• Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages, University of Connecticut, May 2011.
• Graduate Student Fellowship for Summer Research, Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages, University of Connecticut, Summer 2010.
• Josefina Romo-Arrequi Scholarship, Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages, University of Connecticut, August 2008.
• Double mention-11th Literary Contest, Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, May 2004.