Cynthia Loría Picado has served as manager for Fundación AVINA’s Regional Migration Program for Latin America for over ten years where she has led initiatives to promote social and labor inclusion among returned migrants, inclusive markets, education, climate change, and access to clean water.
Claudia Acuña is the national self-production coordinator for the Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers (INFONAVIT) in Mexico.
Sonia María Pellecer is coordinator for the International Organization on Migration’s Annual Survey on Remittances in Guatemala.
Fernando Spross is an associate economic researcher for the Fundación para el Desarrollo de Guatemala.
Anacláudia Rossbach is regional manager for the Latin America and the Caribbean Program at Cities Alliance and currently leads the regional Migration and Cities initiative.
Felipe Deidan is a summer 2021 intern for the Migration, Remittances & Development Program. He is a rising senior at The George Washington University majoring in International Affairs with a concentration in Latin America and a minor in Economics.
Laura Carlsen is director of the Americas Program of the Center for International Policy and a member of the Mesoamerican Women Human Rights Defenders’ Initiative. Carlsen is a frequent commentator for the Latin America Advisor.
Pablo Maldonado is the chief operating officer of Creative Associates International and directs Creative’s business development and its three program areas: Education for Development, Communities in Transition, and Economic Growth. Maldonado was an event speaker at the Dialogue.
Paola Zepeda has more than 25 years of experience with different international development organizations. Since 2009, Zepeda has worked at the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Mariellen Malloy Jewers is Vice President of Open Avenues Foundation. Jewers holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the George Washington University.
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