Gabriela Gibson-Lopez, PhD, is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. As a bilingual and bi-cultural licensed clinical psychologist working in family medicine/primary care, she supports patients across the life span with prevention and self-management of various chronic health conditions, including diabetes, by seeking to understand the biological, psychological, and social cultural aspects that impact health and quality of life. She provides education and training to various health care professionals to help them identify, assess, and work effectively with a broad range of psychosocial and behavioral issues that are commonly encountered in family medicine/primary care.