Dr. Perez-Brena's primary interests lie in understanding the combination of social (e.g., income, education), cultural (e.g., values, norms, acculturation, language use), and personal (e.g., gender, social competence) characteristics that influence the context where Latino and immigrant families develop socially and emotionally.Her work is centered on two key areas: the negotiation of parent-child relationships across development, and the impacts of culture across the life-span. Currently Dr. Perez-Brena is overseeing the adaptation and effectiveness study of a coparenting intervention for adolescent Latino parents.