Dr. Steven Osuna is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at California State University, Long Beach. As a professor, activist-intellectual, and mentor, Dr. Osuna teaches courses on immigration, critical criminology, social theory and his research are centered in a preferential option for the poor, social justice, and critical thinking. He is also a member of grassroots organizations that seek to make social change in the world to improve the conditions that many face such as the Human Rights Alliance for Child Refugees and Families (HRA), International Migrants Alliance (IMA) and the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP). Music for this podcast was provided by Alan Dizon.