Carmen López Ramírez is a Senior Instructor of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Colorado State University. She has a B.A. in Business and Tourism from the University of Cádiz (Spain), and a B.A. and M.A. in Languages, Literatures and Cultures with a concentration in Spanish from Colorado State University. She has worked at CSU since 2012, where she teaches Spanish courses as well as International Studies core curriculum courses and Honors program courses. Her teaching interests are currently focused on the topics of globalization and immigration. She was honored with a nomination for the CSU Alumni Association Best Teacher Award in 2014 and received the College of Liberal Arts Curricular Innovation Award that same year. Additionally, she earned a nomination for the Diversity Impact Award in 2019 and is a distinguished fellow of the CSU Faculty Institute for Inclusive Excellence. Her excellence in teaching was further recognized with nominations for the Honors Professor of the Year Award in 2022 and 2024, as well as another nomination for the CSU Alumni Association Best Teacher Award in 2024. She was also awarded the 2024 Career Impact Award.