Iris Mercedes Berríos, PT, DPT, MPH, EdD is dedicated to improving communication in the healthcare field and educating the next generation of health professionals. Iris Mercedes is a licensed doctor in physical therapy with a master's degree in public health from the University of Puerto Rico, and she spent years working in healthcare as a clinical physical therapist, auditor, clinical manager, and more. As she noticed the failures of communication around her, she knew something had to change. While working in quality assurance in the home healthcare setting, she earned her doctorate in education from the University of Saint Augustine and is now an assistant professor, committed to preparing her students to communicate effectively in the healthcare space. She started writing Communication Among Health Professionals as her dissertation and was encouraged by her professors to write a book instead. They knew it would be of more help as an accessible textbook. Iris Mercedes lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with her family and is a sea turtle lover.