Alejandra Ros Pilarz is an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work. Her research agenda aims to improve the well-being of working families with low-incomes through policy-relevant research. Her research examines the effects of parental employment and children’s early care and education contexts on family well-being and children’s development. She also examines how public policies shape parents’ employment, children’s early care and education contexts, and, ultimately, influence child and family well-being. Pilarz received her A.M. and Ph.D. from the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago and her B.A. in psychology from the University of Notre Dame.