Laura Maria Diaz Palencia, D.D.S., joined the faculty as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Endodontics. She received her D.D.S. and endodontics specialist training from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia.

María Josefina Sierra Peñas, D.D.S., joined the faculty as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Endodontics. She received her D.D.S. from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia and her specialist training in endodontics and periodontics from Universidad Autónoma of Guadalajara in Guadalajara, Mexico.