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May 28, 2025 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Register Today
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Innovative Partnerships for the Future in Latin America and the Caribbean

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
3:30–5:30 p.m. PST
San Diego, California 

The 2025 NAFSA Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Forum will explore innovative partnerships and collaborations that strengthen internationalization across and with the region, with a focus on leveraging the 'glocal'—the synergy between global and local engagement. Join our panelists for compelling insights into how higher education institutions in the region are driving innovation through local and global partnerships. This NAFSA Signature Program is included with NAFSA 2025 Annual Conference & Expo registration.

Planning Team

Sandra Guarín Tarquino

Sandra Guarín Tarquino
Universidad del Rosario
Chair of the 2025 LAC Forum
Sandra Guarín Tarquino has twenty years of experience in internationalization of higher education, international cooperation, leadership of partnerships and networks, glocal stakeholder connections, and project and grant management. She is co-founder of the Latin American Initiative for the...
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Luis A. Kauachi

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Universidad Iberoamericana
Born in Tampico, Mexico, Luis has been involved with and participated in international education since 1991, when he first moved to Ottawa, Canada to pursue a high school diploma. He spent the year as a boarding student among the children of Canadian and accredited foreign diplomats leading to the...
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Ana Lilia Ramos

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University de Monterrey
Ana Lilia Ramos is an accomplished expert in international education and student services, boasting nearly 20 years of experience at the Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM). She earned her Master's in Humanities and Bachelor's in International Studies from UDEM and has progressively advanced through...
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Speakers

Soledad Zapiola

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Universidad de San Andrés
2026 Annual Conference Committee Member, Global Perspectives
Soledad is currently Executive Director of International Programs Universidad de San Andrés in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She previously served as CIO at Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina and as President of the Argentinean Forum for International Education (FAEI). Her NAFSA Annual Conference...
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Mellissa Ifill, PhD

Dr. Ifill
University of Guyana
Mellissa Ifill is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Guyana. Her research specialties include Democratic Governance, Ethnic Contestation, Gender, Crime and Citizen Security, Guyanese Politics and International Relations. Apart from teaching at the undergraduate and...
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