Author Biography: David Griffith is Professor of Anthropology and Senior Scientist at East Carolina University. He is the author of Working Poor: Farmworkers in the United States (Temple) and The Estuary's Gift: An Atlantic Coast Cultural Biography. Manuel Valdés Pizzini is Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, Researcher at the Center of Applied Social Research, and Director of the University of Puerto Rico Sea Grant College Program at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez.