I took her for 16A, 16B, and 102B and she is honestly very caring towards her students. She wants her students to actually understand the material and will take the time to do so. She does get a bit confusing in class, because she contradicts herself. BUT during her office hours, she is a lot clearer and provides ACTUAL study guides for each exam.

She can be very confusing at times with directions on how to complete assignments but then grades very tough. Her class is a little disorganized and there was a lot of extra information thrown onto the GS which made it confusing to keep track.

Absolutely would not recommend. Very unorganized and assigns a lot of work. Lectures are confusing and she expects far too much for an introductory literature class.

Spanish 102L is supposed to be an intro level course, but she makes it one of the tougher upper divisions. Nobody has any idea what is going on and she is quite rude when we ask her to clarify. If you're taking the class for the minor I would recommend another teacher. Would not take again.

I took Span 16A, 102B and 102L with her and I really liked her! If you attend her office hours (she has a lot), she will clarify anything you did not understand in class because she really wants her students to succeed! I would highly recommend taking 102B if it's offered, because she is truly passionate about literature! Would take her again!

Professor Myriam is great! she is tough and has high expectation for native Spanish speakers but if you do the work, you receive a good grade. She gives a lot of homework but you actually learn from all the material presented. I took two classes with her and would take more!

Myriam is strict but she is a good teacher. She does leave a lot of homework but you actually learn in her class! I would retake another course from her if she offered it.

I really loved this professor, I feel like her office hours which are a must to do well. Ask her for help and get to know her. She can be strict about somethings in class but what professor would not be if u dont respect her time and class. Grades pretty fair. Do all your hwk assignments and show her u actually put effort and u will do well.

She was mean to students, constantly grumpy, and made students feel like failures. She did not teach what was in the course description, and she just expected students to know a lot of the course material wihout teaching it. Avoid taking this class with her if you can.

She is incredibly condescending and unhelpful. Her class gets confusing easily, and she assigns an unreal amount of homework. The material is not very difficult, but the amount of time you have to spend on her assignments is excessive. She acts as if this class is the only one you're taking.

Worst professor in the Spanish department. She makes students feel terrible for trying to participate in class if their answers aren't completely correct. She is rude, and doesn't understand that the majority of the students in the class are still learning spanish and working up the confidence to participate. AVOID AT ALL COST!

I had her for span 16 n 25 n I thought the material she Taught was interesting. Nevertheless, she does tend to belittle people's answers if they are not exactly what she wants to hear. I thought her class was easy that is why i had her for 2 classes. But as a person she can be a little rude.

She's very serious, loves literature with a passion, helpful, the only 'bad' things is that she gives a lot of readings and writing responses but overall, excellent!

SPAN 25-The rudest teacher I have had at UCSB. Makes everyone scared to speak, as she tends to belittle her students. I did learn quite a bit, but it definitely was NOT worth putting up with her antics. No textbook- reader instead, which was extremely disorganized. Would HIGHLY recommend taking this class with a different professor.

I love love her. she made me love my heritage. She is extremely knowledgeable. I've taken three classes with her and aced all three of them.

Had her for span 25 and 102L and really liked her interest in helping students. She is very nice. Lectures can bit a bit confusing, especially as a non-native speaker, but you eventually get the hang of her style. The reason she does not allow native speakers in25 is because they are meant to take 16..I don't think it has to do with her personal feelings toward particular students.

This teacher has issues. She's Peruvian & categorizes herself ?high class? she belittles native speakers and encourages them to drop n join. 16a+16b very selfish. Watch out for her! Cuz the dep. is 2 afraid to put her in her place. Yup, she might get good reviews from students who she likes, the rest of us drop before her reviews come up.

She is really rude and has strong bias against native Spanish speakers. How come she's in charge of the placement assessments?Her recommendations don't make sense. totally inept and tries to make things harder for Spanish speakers.Don't take her..

This teacher has prejudice towards her own race. she doesn't accept Spanish speakers in her class. Rude and stubborn.

She is the best teacher ever! Very helpful and funny, she gives you a study guide for the tests with everything you need to know. Fluent in Spanish which helps, take her you will not regret!

This professor is horrible. Her lectures are kind of all over the place and it is pretty unclear what you are supposed to actually know. She also thinks she is funny, in my opinion she's not. I literally dread going to this class.

She is a Latina who doesn't allow native speakers in her class. So if you need this course, you are better off with another instructor. She is very rude and has favorites. It was a bad experience entering her class; her stubbornness made me change my whole schedule and was only able to add 8 units. Don't attempt to take this course if you are fluen

She was a great teacher. A reasonable grader, very helpful and enthusiastic. She really cares about her students. Nice woman with a sense of humor. Definitely take a class with her. Homework was manageable, 3 compositions, a midterm and an in-class final.

She was nice and very lenient