Grisel Lopez-Alvarez, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Management in the School of Business & Entrepreneurship at North Central College. She received her Ph.D. in Human Resources and Industrial Relations at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. Her research examines how workers’ identities shape their experiences, career attitudes, interests, and decision making. She has published her research in Human Resource Management, Journal of Engineering Education, and other peer-reviewed journals. As a scholar, she is invested in advancing research at the intersection of gender and work–family dynamics and employs both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Most recently, her dissertation investigates how early-career daughters navigate the work–family interface and its implications.