Adriana R. Mintarsih is a Fulbright scholar from Indonesia and a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University at Albany. During the spring 2025 semester, she will serve as a Women and Public Policy Fellow at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany. Her research primarily focuses on gender, family, and migration, topics on which she has authored several scholarly articles. Her dissertation examines the agency and emotional experiences of Indonesian young adults who remain behind when their parents migrate for informal work either within Indonesia or abroad.