Kristina Lopez joined ASU from the School of Social Work at California State University Long Beach. She is an expert in Latino children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and their families. She has practiced with children and youth with ASD and provided parent education to parents raising children with ASD. Her research interests include family burden of autism, the development and implementation of culturally informed autism intervention for Latino families, and ecological and socio-cultural perspectives of Latinos raising children with ASD.