Juliana Salazar Borda

Juliana Salazar Borda of Colombia joins the Humphrey Fellowship with a career rich in experiences that include economic research, university lecturing, business journalism, and education administration. She is currently the Director of Admissions at Colegio Los Nogales, a top-ranked K-12 school known for its rigorous academics and bilingual programs. Some of her previous professional roles include Deputy Vice-President for a business consulting firm and Editorial Coordinator for a publishing company. Additionally, she has served in the Colombian Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and is an author of several Spanish-language children’s books.

After earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics from the University of the Andes, Ms. Salazar Borda completed a second master’s in cultural economics and entrepreneurship from Erasmus University in the Netherlands. In addition to children’s books, Ms. Salazar Borda has many articles published in the business magazine, Dinero, earning an Excellence in Economic Journalism award and a coveted seat in a journalism course at Columbia University.

Ms. Salazar Borda plans to use her Humphrey Fellowship to deepen her knowledge of the design and implementation of financial aid programs to help students of lower economic status attend top-quality schools. Additionally, she is interested in learning about homeschool group-learning models and partnerships between public and private institutions.