Is Ph.D in Human Geography 2004. Dr. Pedone is researcher at the Institute of Chidlhood and the Urban World in the Program “Juan de la Cierva” of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Spain. She is specialist in transnational migrations from the perspective of Latin America, Gender and Generational relations, Equadorian migration to Spain. Dr. Pedone has been visiting scholar in European and Latin American universities. Among her recent publications the following books and papers can be found: “Estrategias migratorias y poder. ‘Tú siempre jalas a los tuyos’”, (2006). Quito: ABYA YALA-PMCD-AECI; “De l’Equador a Catalunya: El paper de la familia i les xarxes migratòries”, (2006), Barcelona: Editorial Mediterrània.