Fabiana Perera is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at The George Washington University. Fabiana’s research focuses on unemployment and education in resource dependent countries and has been supported by the American Political Science Association, the GWU Center for International Business Education and Research and Humanity in Action.

Fabiana is also active in the Hispanic community and board of the alumni association of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities for six years and volunteers with the Central American Resource Center.

Fabiana holds an MA in Latin American studies from Georgetown University where she was a fellow in languages and area studies. Fabiana was born in New Jersey and raised in Caracas, Venezuela.

Fun fact: As an undergraduate student Fabiana was a news anchor for WNMU, the public television affiliate in Marquette, Michigan.