Beatriz Padilla (Ph.D. Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; MA Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin; Licenciatura (BA) Political Sciences and Public Administration, National University of Cuyo, Argentina). She is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department and Director of the Institute for the Study of Latin American and the Caribbean at the University of South Florida. She is also a Researcher at ISCTE-IUL/ CIES-IUL, Portugal. Main research interests: international migrations, gender, public policy, diversity, and health.