in Interdisciplinary Studies at Wheaton College in 1987, and a PhD in theology from Boston University in 2016, under the supervision of Dana L.

[3] She is a former president of the Latin American Theological Fellowship (known in Spanish as Fraternidad Teológica Latinoamericana or FTL) and continues to serve on their board.

She was a keynote speaker at the evangelical conference Lausanne 2010, held in Cape Town, South Africa.

[4] She currently lives with her second husband, James Padilla DeBorst, in San José, Costa Rica, and they together lead the Comunidad de Estudios Teológicos Interdisciplinarios.

[5] In Fall 2022, Padilla DeBorst would be joining the faculty of Western Theological Seminary as the Richard C. Oudersluys Associate Professor of World Christianity.