Aida Montenegro obtained a Bachelor in Teaching English in 2007 and a Master's Degree in Applied Linguistics in 2011. After working 7 years at two Colombian universities, she moved to Germany to conduct research on alternative pedagogies and then on the German education system. Her research has centered on language learning, student engagement, and school culture. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Bonn where she explores emerging relationships between student engagement with motivational constructs such as achievement goals. Since 2021 she has worked as a co-researcher in the research project: Opportunities and possibilities of the use of digital media in Germany (German: Chancen und Möglichkeiten der Nutzung digitaler Medien). She is a member of The Education and Science Workers’ Union (German: Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft, GEW).