Kristina Fullerton Rico is a Predoctoral Fellow at the Center for Racial Justice at the Ford School. Her research examines the social and emotional impacts of U.S. immigration policies that lead unauthorized immigrants and their families to endure long-term separation. Her current projects focus on the experiences of undocumented Mexican immigrants in New York City who are aging out of the workforce, the experiences of older return migrants who find themselves in Mexico after decades in the United States because they were unable to adjust their immigration status, and the experiences of separated parents and children. 

William D. Lopez, PhD is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and a faculty associate in the Latina/o Studies program at the University of Michigan. He is the author of the book, Separated: Family and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid, published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

Angela S. García, PhD is a sociologist and Assistant Professor in the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice.  Her research interests include international migration, law and society, race and ethnicity, urban sociology, social policy, and mixed and comparative methods. 

Mara Cecilia Ostfeld, PhD is the research director at the Center for Racial Justice, and an associate research scientist in the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. In addition, Mara is a faculty lead at the Detroit Metro Area Communities Study—an ongoing representative survey of Detroit households that asks residents about their expectations, perceptions, priorities and aspirations. She is an expert in survey research and the analysis of public opinion, with a particular focus on the relationship between race, gender, media and political attitudes.