M. Eugenya Rodriguez

M. Eugenya Rodriguez is a senior research aide for the Parenting Across Cultures (PAC) team and is primarily responsible for interviewing families. In addition to interviewing for PAC, she also works as a bilingual family support worker for Healthy Families Durham.

Previously, Rodriguez worked as a research coordinator for the PriCARE/CARIÑO study at UNC-Chapel Hill and as a research assistant for the UC Berkeley: CHAMACOS longitudinal study. Rodriguez has also worked for the RTI International call center as a bilingual data collection specialist for various research projects.

Rodriguez received a B.A. in sociology from the University of California Santa Cruz and a Master’s from UNIR-Universidad Internacional de La Rioja in family educational guidance.  She is trained as a facilitator in the Incredible Years Parenting Program and TakeCare®.  She is a nationally certified Child Passenger Safety technician.

Rodriguez was born in Northern California, raised in Mexico, and grew up traveling between the two countries.