Lina Torres

Partner, Director of Projects and Strategy

E lina.torres@movilizatorio.org

T @LinaMargaritaT

Anthropologist and Political Scientist with a Specialization in Economics from the Universidad de Los Andes and a Master's in Public Administration from the University of Columbia. Lina is a professional with 8 years of experience working with the Colombian Government -in the Colombian Family Welfare Institute, the Department for Social Prosperity and the Victims Unit- and United Nations Agencies such as OCHA and UNICEF.

During her career, Lina has focused on the design and evaluation of social and peace-building policies directed at vulnerable populations such as families in extreme poverty, ethnic groups, children and adolescents, and victims of the armed conflict. In addition, Lina has worked on the creation of communication and capacity transfer strategies for rural communities in Colombia and ethnic groups in Myanmar. For two years she has worked as Partner and Director of Knowledge and Strategy of Mobilization, where she has worked in project design, development of the El Avispero platform and creation of creative content, research documents, workshops and campaigns with partners such as Purpose, the Corona Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Swedish Cooperation Agency. Lina speaks English and Spanish.