Sofia Caycedo

Sofia Caycedo is a joint degree student at Yale University following a Master of International & Development Economics and a Master of Environmental Management. As a Dutch-American citizen with a Colombian father, she is interested in issues related to international development, specifically in the context of Latin America and the Caribbean. Sofia has had several experiences working and doing research in Latin America. The overarching goal of this work and research has been to understand and create resilience to climate change in the region. In 2014, she worked for a small nonprofit Bambu Social in the rural town of El Rama, Nicaragua, focusing on sustainable building practices in rural settings. Last summer, she worked as a research intern in Panama City, at the United Nations Development Program Regional Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNDP LAC). She supported the Sustainable Development Department on work related to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the LAC region. Besides supporting her team with research and data analysis, Sofia developed and led a stakeholder workshop and discussion related to youth and climate during a high-level UN Mission in the small island developing state of Curacao. Moreover, she is currently preparing a research project on environmental disaster risk reduction and resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean, which I will start undertaking next semester.