Maytte Restrepo-Ruiz is an independent scholar who presently works at the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence as Prevention and Education program coordinator. She holds a master’s degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Connecticut and a psychology degree from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Before coming to CCADV, Maytte worked as clinician in the Greater New Haven area with the Latina population. She worked for several years in Colombia with a leading women's human rights organization and was the project coordinator for the Bogotá chapter of the internationally recognized women's peace movement Ruta Pacífica de las Mujeres.