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Innovative Partnerships for the Future in Latin America and the Caribbean

Thursday, 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.

Sandra Guarín Tarquino

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Sandra Guarín Tarquino
Universidad Antonio Nariño (UAN); Latin American Initiative for the Internationalization of Higher Education (INILAT)
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...

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...

Join NAFSA's Latin America and Caribbean Special Interest Group

Continue to engage with international educators who share an interest in this region by joining NAFSA's Latin America and Caribbean Special Interest Group (LACSIG).   A free NAFSA account is needed for joining and posting to the network.