About
Victoria is Assistant Dean at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and a contributor to MSNBC and Telemundo. Her areas of expertise in the domestic policy landscape include immigration, Latinos, women and childcare, and economic equity. more→
Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto
Research
Victoria brings an interdisciplinary lens to understanding policy development and its intersection with institutional and political contexts. Underlying her academic work is the applicability of rigorous research to on-the-ground policy realities.
Recent Media
As the 2012 election approaches the Democrats have to rethink their Latino outreach. Do they keep forward with the issue of immigration or do they diversify their Latino issue outreach portfolio? I discuss some of these issues with Brian Naylor on NPR’s Morning Edition.