Julio Fernando Salas is a PhD student in Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Centering immigrant families, his research interests lie at the nexus of immigration, culture, emotion, race & ethnicity, inequality, and health. Before Berkeley, Julio was a researcher at the Urban Institute and Cornell University. Born and raised in Corona, Queens, New York, Julio got his degrees at Queensborough Community College, Cornell University, and his personality and essence from Queens.