Bonnie R. Miculinic is an award-winning educator who holds graduate degrees from universities in the United States and has conducted research at La Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and El Colegio de México in Mexico City. In addition to an extensive teaching career, the author has developed curriculum and programs related to Latin American studies and has presented on related topics both in the United States and in Mexico. As faculty emeritus from Morton College in suburban Chicago, the author currently teaches as an adjunct and continues her research on Latin America and her work on translations of primary sources.