Julieta holds an MA in English and a PhD in Spanish from Rutgers. Her 2012 book Islas imaginadas. La guerra de Malvinas en la literatura y el cine argentinos(Imaginary Islands: The Malvinas/Falklands War in Argentine Literature and Film) pioneered the critical analysis of the fictions produced in the aftermath of the 1982 conflict between Argentina and Great Britain. She's the protagonist and co-scriptwriter of the 2012 award winning documentary film La forma exacta de las islas (The Exact Shape of the Islands). Her articles on literature and culture have appeared in books (Greenwood Press, University of Pittsburgh, London University), as well as in academic journals (Kamchatka, Intertexts,Hispamérica).
She's an alumna of the 2020 Tin House Summer Workshop, and a recipient of fellowships and grants from Fulbright, Artist Trust, Rutgers and Boston University.