Carolina F.T. Batista is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. Her research centers on political behavior in Latin America, with a particular focus on voting behavior, elections, and gender dynamics. Carolina applies computational and experimental methods to examine the rising salience of gender-related themes in recent elections, investigating when these issues gain support or face resistance, as well as how political participation and engagement vary across genders. At UMD, she is a member of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Computational Social Science (iLCSS) and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center (LASC). Carolina holds a Master’s degree in International Policy Analysis from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and a Master’s in Politics and Government from the University of Maryland.