Gary Alvarez Mejia, he/him

gary.alvarezmejia@duke.edu
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Gary, born and raised in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, majored in International Relations at Nur University. He worked as a professor for undergraduate courses and conducted research on topics including Social Movements, International Political Economy, Foreign Policy, and Political Participation at Nur University’s International Relations Department before joining Sanford. He also worked in the private sector as a consultant on Conflict Resolution and Development. Gary aims to use his degree to promote domestic and international policies that address structural inequality and to conduct research on the effects of international policy on the development of countries in the Global South. Gary has a variety of hobbies that he enjoys outside of his career goals. These hobbies include hand-lettering, watercolor illustration, cooking, and reading dystopian novels that are often quite terrifying.

Areas of Policy Interest:

• International Development
• Social Policy