Rica Agnes Castaneda is a researcher at the CERC in Migration and Integration for the Decentering Migration Knowledge (DemiKnow) https://www.torontomu.ca/decentering-migration-knowledge/ project. The project is examining the dynamic role of families in the migration decision-making process. A junior Global South researcher, her background is in Asian migrations, politics and the developing world. Her research interests include comparative migration policy and governance, specifically return migration and transnational practices.