Ruth Enid Zambrana, Ph.D. is currently a Professor in the Women’s Studies Department and Director of the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Family Medicine at University of Maryland Baltimore, School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Zambrana served as Interim Director of the US Latino Studies Initiative at the University of Maryland, College Park from 2007-2009. Dr. Zambrana has worked in the areas of health and educational disparities of low-income and Latino women, children and families for over three decades.