Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies 
Dr. Marian Vidaurri serves as advisor to the Secretary for Strengthening Democracy of the OAS. Before working in multilateralism, she was Director of Political Studies at FUSADES (El Salvador) and worked as a journalist and in academia in Central America. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Government and Economics from Cornell University (2003). She also has a Master of Science in Latin American Studies from the University of Oxford (2006), a Master of Public Administration from the University of Pennsylvania (2016), and a Doctorate of International Affairs (DIA) from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (2023). She has been serving as a Board Member of The Center for Culture, Art, Training and Education (CCATE) since 2018, and has also helped spearhead the Penn Model OAS program into action. She was born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico.