Ángeles Arjona Garrido is a professor of social anthropology, Geography, History and Humanities Department, Almería University (Spain). She holds a doctorate from Almería University (2004). She is the author of various books and articles in the following journals: Review Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Sociología del Trabajo, Migraciones Internacionales, Revista Internacional de Sociología, Papeles de Población, REMI, Sociologia, Comunicar, among others.