LIGIA A. MIHUT is an associate professor in the Department of Writing Studies at the University of Miami. She also teaches courses in design thinking in the innovation and society co-major. Her research includes transnational literacies, community-based research, design thinking, and storytelling for impact. Her ethnographic book, Immigrants, Brokers, and Literacy as Affinity features the power of storytelling and empathy of immigrants in pursuit of their American dream. She has also published in College Composition and Communication, Literacy in Composition Studies, Reflections, and several edited collections.