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Melanie Plasencia is pursuing a Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on aging in America and how this affects individuals across generations and ethnicities; her work draws upon debates on aging across the human sciences, including in anthropology, sociology and gerontology. She earned a B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) in Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies.