Juan Villalobos Toro

Juan Villalobos was born and raised in Bogota, Colombia. He graduated from Universidad de los Andes with a BA in economics, a BA in government and public affairs, and a minor in state and public law. Juan started his professional career at Instiglio, a global leader in results-based financing focusing on developing countries, where he consulted the IDB, Fundación Bancolombia, the National Planning Department of Colombia, among other actores to improve the impact of their social interventions in Latin America. Juan did his summer internship at Conservation International contributing to two projects seeking to solve social and environmental challenges in Colombia and the Ecuadorian Amazon. At Yale, Juan is using the MPP to explore strategies to advance sustainable development initiatives in Latin America, focusing on poverty erradication and conservation.