Mila Burns is an Associate Professor of Latin American & Latino Studies at Lehman College and of History at The Graduate Center at the City University of New York (CUNY). She is the Associate Director at the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Her forthcoming book, Dictatorship Across Borders: Brazil, Chile, and the South American Cold War (University of North Carolina Press, 2025), investigates the Brazilian influence on the military coup d’état in Chile, in 1973. Burns is also the author of Dona Ivone Lara’s Sorriso Negro (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019; Editora Cobogó, 2021) and Nasci para Sonhar e Cantar: Dona Ivone Lara, a Mulher no Samba (Editora Record, 2009). She holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in History (The Graduate Center, CUNY, 2017), a Master’s degree in Latin American Studies (Columbia University, 2012), a Master’s degree in Social Anthropology (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 2006), and a B.A. in Journalism (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 2003). Mila has an interdisciplinary profile, with an emphasis on history, media, and anthropology. For over two decades, she has worked as a journalist in Brazil and New York. She has served as editor-in-chief and anchor to shows dedicated to the Latino community broadcast at TV Globo International and has contributed to TV Globo, The Economist, O Globo, ICL Notícias, and others. Her articles have been published in several newspapers, magazines, and academic publications.