Oriundo de Los Ángeles, Mark Hugo López es un reconocido experto de las tendencias demográficas, económica y sociales de la población latina. Es el director de investigación hispana en el Centro de Investigación Pew. Los Angeles-native Mark Hugo López is a well-known expert on contemporary demographic, economic and social trends among Latinos. He is the director of Hispanic Research at the Pew Research Center, a non-partisan, non-advocacy organization that compiles and analyzes much of the data that is used by journalists, academics, researchers, politicians and the general public to understand Latino communities.