Rivera-Mills was born and raised in
San Salvador. Her mother
stayed at home and her father owned a construction and trucking business. She completed a Ph.D. in Romance languages at the
University of New Mexico in 1998. Garland D. Bills was her dissertation director. On June 1, 2023, she became the 14th president of
Aurora University, succeeding
Rebecca L. Sherrick. She is the first Latina in the position. == Selected works ==