Olga Sanmiguel-Valderrama, originally from Colombia, was 46 y.o. when she had her first and only child, Ana Patricia. She earned her graduate degrees in Canada and currently is an Associate Professor in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Cincinnati in the USA. Dr. Olga Sanmiguel-Valderrama is also the founder Director of the newly established “The Americas, Indigenous, and Latinx Research Center” at the University of Cincinnati. She has published extensively on women workers rights in agribusinesses in Latin America and on the rights of Latinx immigrants in the USA. Her latest coedited volume Global Women's Work Perspectives on Gender and Work in the Global Economy coedited with Beth English and Mary E. Frederickson was published in late 2018. Until recently, Dr. Sanmiguel-Valderrama directed UC’s Latin American Studies Program, transforming it from a certificate on “Latin America” to a BA on “Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies.” She is also the founding director of the Social Justice Certificate. Currently, she is working on a monograph on Latinx rights in the USA. Her scholarly interest is to expand the research and teaching on the unique histories and contributions of the Latinx diverse communities to the USA’s development.