Leandra Teresa Valdiviesopassed away on May 2, 2011. Teresa was an esteemed professor, dedicated scholar, tenacious researcher, and prolific author. She is survived by her husband Jorge, a son, two granddaughters, two great grandchildren, a sister and a godson. Teresa was born in Valencia, Spain and came to Arizona in 1963 to join her husband. In 1971, she joined the faculty of ASU where she taught undergraduate, graduate and post doctoral courses in the Spanish program until December, 2010. In her many years at ASU, she was Director of Graduate Studies, Coordinator of the Spanish Section, Director of the Center for Latin American Studies, Chair of the ASU Education Abroad Committee, Chair of the Undergraduate Committee, member of the Dean's Faculty Advisory Council, and researcher in the Language Articulation Task Force. She also was Visiting Professor at Middlebury College and the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, and Lecturer at Universidade Lusiada in Lisbon and the Universitat de Barcelona. She was a founding-member and past president of the Asociación de Literatura Femenina Hispánica, vice-president of the Asociación Hispánica de Humanidades, senior bibliographer of the Modern Language Association, and president of Spanish Professionals in America (ALDEEU). In 1980 she received the Dean's Award for excellence in teaching, in 2002 she received the Outstanding Faculty Committee to Teaching and Learning Award, and in 2007 she was conferred the title of Honors Disciplinary Faculty. Two months ago, the government of Spain bestowed on her the Officer's Cross in the Order of Isabella, the Catholic.