Dr. Bonifacio holds a BA in the Social Sciences major in Political Science (magna cum laude, University of the Philippines); MA in Asian Studies (University of the Philippines); and a Ph.D. from the School of History and Politics, University of Wollongong, Australia in 2004. Dr. Bonifacio's research interests include: gender, migration, citizenship, development, globalization, religion, activism, and feminist spirituality. Dr. Bonifacio edited Gender and Rural Migration (2014) and Feminism and Migration (2012); co-edited Migrant Domestic Workers and Family Life (2015), and Gender, Religion and Migration: Pathways of Integration (2010). She is the author of Pinay on the Prairies: Filipino Women and Transnational Identities (2013). Pinay on the Prairies uses “Pinay feminisms” as a theoretical frame for analyzing the transnational lives of Filipino Women in Canada.