Michelle Angelo Dantas Rocha is a Brazilian doctoral student in the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies program at the University of South Florida (USF). She earned her Master’s degree in Latin America and Caribbean Studies with a concentration in Sociology and Human Rights at USF, and Journalism at the Universidade Católica de Brasília. Michelle’s research agenda focuses on social justice issues such as human trafficking, femicide, indigenous education in Brazil, multilingual education in the U.S, and media analysis. Her study efforts are on underprivileged Latino immigrant families in the United States and Latin America. Michelle has experience working as a volunteer teacher assistant helping adult refugees to learn English in the Tampa Bay area. She conducted ethnographic research with immigrant victims of human trafficking in Florida, and with women victims of femicide in Argentina. Michelle worked with service providers, non-governmental organizations, human rights activists, educators, policymakers, and law enforcement that work directly with Latinas trafficking victims and refugees. She previously held positions in higher education and coordinated educational workshops and events for educators, international and underprivileged students from Hillsborough County Public Schools.