A wife of one and mother of many, theologian, missiologist, educator, and story-teller, Ruth has been involved in theological formation for integral mission in her native Latin America and beyond for several decades. She serves with the Comunidad de Estudios Teológicos Interdisciplinarios (CETI) and the International Fellowship for Mission as Transformation. She is part of the faculty of Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. Along with her husband, James, she lives in Costa Rica as a member of Casa Adobe, an intentional Christian Community with deep concern for right living in relation to the whole of creation. Her studies include a Bachelors in Education (Argentina), an MA in Interdisciplinary Studies (Wheaton College), and a PhD in Theology (Boston University).