J. Maria Bermudez has been a scholar of human development and family studies and a practicing marriage and family therapist for over 25 years. She has published more than 60 scholarly articles and book chapters and is the co-author of the book Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy: Guidelines for Equitable Theory and Practice. Dr. Bermudez holds a Ph.D. in human development and family therapy from Virginia Tech and a master's degree in child and family development and marriage and family therapy from Purdue University. She is an associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at the University of Georgia and an affiliate faculty member of the Interdisciplinary Women's Studies Program and Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute.

J. Maria Bermudez has been a scholar of human development and family studies and a practicing marriage and family therapist for over 25 years. She has published more than 60 scholarly articles and book chapters and is the co-author of the book Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy: Guidelines for Equitable Theory and Practice. Dr. Bermudez holds a Ph.D. in human development and family therapy from Virginia Tech and a master's degree in child and family development and marriage and family therapy from Purdue University. She is an associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at the University of Georgia and an affiliate faculty member of the Interdisciplinary Women's Studies Program and Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute.

J. Maria Bermudez has been a scholar of human development and family studies and a practicing marriage and family therapist for over 25 years. She has published more than 60 scholarly articles and book chapters and is the co-author of the book Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy: Guidelines for Equitable Theory and Practice. Dr. Bermudez holds a Ph.D. in human development and family therapy from Virginia Tech and a master's degree in child and family development and marriage and family therapy from Purdue University. She is an associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at the University of Georgia and an affiliate faculty member of the Interdisciplinary Women's Studies Program and Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute.