Marcela O. Guerrero

Marcela Ortiz is a PhD candidate in Educational Studies at the University of Michigan. Her research draws on ethnographic methods to examine how Venezuelan immigrant and refugee students navigate schooling in Colombia and how educational integration policies are designed and enacted across different levels of the education system. She holds a Master of Public Administration from the London School of Economics and Political Science and Sciences Po Paris, and a bachelor's degree in Sociology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She has experience working with national governments and international organizations, including the Inter-American Development Bank and UNESCO, supporting the design and implementation of education policy. Her work spans refugee education, learning assessment, education finance, teacher policy, and institutional governance.