Mirtha Garcia is a visual anthropologist who is currently a Ph.D. Sociocultural Anthropology candidate in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change. She is currently researching the experience of migrant and non-migrant trans individuals who are living in Spain to assist with creating policies and academic work that can help trans communities globally. She holds an M.A. in Visual Anthropology from the University of Southern California where she completed a 30-minute ethnographic film on trans Latina immigrant women’s identity, transnationally. She holds a B.A in Spanish with honors, B.A in Anthropology with honors, a minor in political science, and certificates in Latin American and International Studies, from Arizona State University.