Gabriela holds a Juris Doctorate from Chicago-Kent College of Law and a Master of Science in Higher Education Leadership from Western Illinois University. Prior to becoming a prelaw advisor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Gabriela practiced law for ten years first in business litigation and then in immigration law.

In 2018, she achieved her initial 200-hour yoga teacher training in Kundalini Yoga and has since advanced her expertise through two additional 200-hour trainings, a 60-hour children’s yoga course, and three 60-hour level two Kundalini yoga courses.

Her passion for mindfulness and meditation, particularly as it applies to pre-professionals, led her to teach at Richland Community College and, presently, to prelaw students at the University of Illinois. Alongside her legal and educational pursuits, Gabriela is the proud author of the illustrated book "Mama, Where Is the Truth?". Gabriela was born and raised in Honduras and currently lives in Illinois with her husband and their two children.