YADIRA BERIGAN was born in Costa Rica and moved to the United States when she was 21. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona. She studied Economics, Linguistics, and has a Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Arizona. Her area of interest centers around the political events that have shaped Latin America. In addition, she is truly interested in women’s movements; such as the Mothers of la Plaza de mayo in Argentina.