Mina Roces is a PhD graduate from The University of Michigan and Professor of History at The University of New South Wales. She is the author of five books: Women, Power and Kinship Politics in Post-War Philippines (1998), Kinship Politics in Post-War Philippines: The Lopez Family, 1946-2000 (2001), Women’s Movements and the Filipina, 1986-2008 (2012), The Filipino Migration Experience: Global Agents of Change (2021), and Gender in Southeast Asia (2022).