About the Author

A native of Panama who was raised in Costa Rica, Yvette G. Flores came to the United States as a teenager. She earned her Ph.D in clinical psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Flores has worked for over three decades as a licensed and research psychologist. She is a full professor in the Department of Chicana/o studies at the University of California, Davis.

Mónica Torreiro-Casal comes from Spain and holds a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Northeastern University in Boston and a M.A. and a M.F.T. from Santa Clara University in California. She is a trained psychologist who has worked with immigrant and diverse populations in the Netherlands and the USA. She teaches and conducts research in the Chicano/a studies at the University of California, Davis.