She's Trying to Close the Emotional Gap with Papí

Kelsey and her Guatemalan dad had a distant relationship during her teenage years, but as an adult she wants to get to know him better, and strengthen their father-daughter bond. And, psychologist Gabriela Livas Stein returns to the show with strategies for deepening our relationships with our parents while navigating normative family roles.

Kelsey Milian Lopez is the author of the poetry collection The Sociology of a Miami Girl. Our expert this week is Gabriela Livas Stein, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist and Professor of Clinical Psychology within the Department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. She is also the principal investigator at CAMINOS Lab. Learn more about her lab here.