Nic Tamayo is a first-year doctoral student in the Department of French. He is interested in researching minimalism in 20th and 21st century French literature, as well as the cultural impacts and phenomena associated with Queer movements of the 20th and 21st centuries.

His professional experiences span a variety of fields including content strategy, freelance journalism, and museum collections. Most recently, he was a 2024-2025 Fellow for the Fulbright Program, where he served as an English Teaching Assistant in Montpellier, France. In Montpellier, he worked at a lycée professionnel, where he developed a deeper multicultural understanding of the French school system and improved his skills in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

Education

• Bachelor of Arts in French with distinction / Minor in Multicultural Leadership Studies, University of Colorado Boulder (2024)
• Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with distinction, University of Colorado Boulder (2024)

Awards

• Senior Essay Award in French, issued by the University of Colorado Boulder’s Department French & Italian Department, May 2024
• William W. White Outstanding Senior for Journalism, issued by the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Media, Communication and Information, May 2024
• 2022 Student Leader of the Year, issued by the University of Colorado Boulder Center for Leadership, February 2023