Darcy Padilla is a documentary photographer and photojournalist based in San Francisco. She is an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a member photographer of Agence VU' in Paris. She focuses on long-term projects about struggle and the trans-generational effects. Padilla’s honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, Open Society Institute Individual Fellowship, Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellowship, Getty Images Grant, International Photo-reporter Grant, Canon Female Photojournalist Award, World Report Master Award, World Press Photo Awards, and a W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography.