James P. Ito-Adler, a social anthropologist (PhD, Harvard University), has had a distinguished career in teaching and research at institutions including Florida International University and Harvard University. In recent years, he has worked extensively with NGOs, advancing the field of international education. With extensive fieldwork experience ranging from Portuguese immigrants in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts, to Japanese families in Brazil and indigenous communities in Alaska, Dr. Ito-Adler is the author of a seminal study on Portuguese immigrants in the U.S. during the 1970s—a period of peak migration between the Azores and New England. This study, The Portuguese of Cambridge and Somerville (Cambridge Department of Community Development, 1980), serves as the foundation for the following conversation and is currently being prepared for publication by the OEm (Observatório da Emigração).