Cynthia Pando is a PhD candidate in Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration at the University of Minnesota. Cynthia holds a bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Neuroscience and Sociology and a master’s degree in Sociology from Lehigh University. Her dissertation focuses on the indirect effects of the 2017 proposed public charge rule, an immigration policy, on Medicaid enrollment and healthcare experiences of US-citizen Latinx children with immigrant parents.