Joahana Segundo is graduate student in the Social Psychology PhD program at the University of Houston. She graduated with a BA in psychology and minors in Spanish and sociology from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, TX. Her research focuses on racial and ethnic minorities. She examines how socioeconomic factors affect couples’ well-being and consequently lead to unhealthy relationship functioning, health disparities, and risky behaviors (e.g., intimate partner aggression, alcohol/substance use).