Bri uses mixed qualitative methods to better understand the social, religious, and sociopolitical experiences and health outcomes of immigrant communities living in the U.S. Southwest.

Dr. Gwiszcz's research and practice focuses on capacity building mechanisms for sustainability/sustainable development aimed at addressing socioecological justice, global environmental change, and human rights concerns.

"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." -Edgar Allan Poe

Mirtha Garcia is a Ph.D. in Sociocultural Anthropology from Arizona State University.