Virginia González earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology at UCLA and her M.P.H. in Health Education at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a partner in the Self-Management Resource Center. Prior to this she worked as a research assistant at the Stanford Patient Education Research Center. She is a co-developer of the Chronic Disease Self-Management and Tomando Control de su Salud programs, as well as the Diabetes Self-Management Program, and other self-management programs for chronic pain, HIV, cancer, and caregivers. She is also a co-author of the books: Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions; Tomando control de su salud; and Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Pain. Virginia was instrumental in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the Spanish self-management programs in arthritis, chronic disease, and diabetes.