Cristina Espinosa (Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Florida, 1998 – B.A. in Social Sciences, Universidad Católica del Peru, 1974) is Associate Professor in Gender, Culture and Development at The Heller School for Social Policy (M.A, in Sustainable International Development), Brandeis University. Her experience as a researcher, consultant and program manager comes from almost 20 years in Peru and Latin America, from heading the IUCN Global Social Policy Program between 1998 and 2002 and from academia after 2002 at the University of Florida, University of South Florida and Brandeis (For her teaching and scholarship: http://heller.brandeis.edu/facguide/person.html?emplid=5c47a5323ed77706726355a2ad9bf104a8ef22dd).