Honduras | United States | Intern, Inter-American Dialogue
Ashley Rodríguez joined the Inter-American Dialogue as an intern for the Energy Transition & Climate program and the Office of the President in May of 2024. She is currently a first-year master of public policy candidate for the Frank Batten School at the University of Virginia.
Before her time at UVA, Rodríguez graduated as a 5th-year division 1 student-athlete from Duquesne University with a double major in International Relations and Security Studies and a minor in Cybersecurity. Her areas of interest include international relations, humanitarian affairs, and post-conflict reconstruction.
Upon graduation from the Frank Batten School, she hopes to either work for a non-profit engaging in humanitarian relief, international development, or advancing women’s equality through US foreign policy.
Centroamérica está avanzando de manera significativa hacia una transición energética más limpia y sostenible. Los programas de transición energética y climática, junto con políticas y regulaciones favorables, están fomentando un entorno propicio para el desarrollo de proyectos que energías renovables.
Representatives from the Inter-American Dialogue and Deloitte welcomed participants and set the stage by emphasizing the importance of multi-stakeholder collaboration in advancing clean energy initiatives. The hosts highlighted the region’s vast renewable energy potential and the necessity of strategic partnerships to unlock these opportunities.
In anticipation of the Mexican election on June 2, the Dialogue invited Lourdes Melgar; a prominent energy expert and former deputy secretary of energy for hydrocarbons in Mexico, to share her extensive insights on the energy landscape in the country.
