García Bedolla graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1992 with a BA in Latin American Studies and Comparative Literature.

In 2008, she moved to University of California, Berkeley, becoming the Chair of the Center for Latino Policy Research from 2010-2014 and a Chancellor’s Professor in the Graduate School of Education from 2014-2017.

[2] In 2005, García Bedolla published the book Fluid Borders: Latino Power, Identity, and Politics in Los Angeles.

The text focuses on Latino groups from five different places of origin: Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, El Salvador, and Guatemala.

[5] García Bedolla coauthored the 2012 book Mobilizing Inclusion: Transforming the Electorate through Get-Out-the-Vote Campaigns with Melissa R. Michelson.