NACLA People

Amy is a secondary Spanish teacher and a former community organizer with NY’s immigrant community. She is completing her Master’s in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University.

Bret Gustafson teaches anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. He is author of Bolivia in the Age of Gas (Duke, 2020) and New Languages of the State: Indigenous Resurgence and the Politics of Knowledge in Bolivia (Duke 2009).

Gabe is a doctoral student in Latin American History at New York University. His research centers on Colombia during the Cold War, specifically the relationship between rural land struggles and urban housing movements in the city of Cali.

Jorge Cuéllar is a scholar of modern Central American culture and politics. He teaches in the Department of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies at Dartmouth College and is the author of Everyday Life and Everyday Death in El Salvador, forthcoming with Duke University Press.

Julianne is a journalist and educator based between New York and Cochabamba, Bolivia. She is a graduate of New York University’s dual master’s program in Global Journalism and Latin American & Caribbean Studies, and has reported on gender, feminism, and defense of territory in the Americas.

Lara is a Colombian journalist who has reported on gender, crime, and violence in Latin America. She was awarded the Colombian Simón Bolívar National Journalism Award in 2024. She is pursuing her master’s in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Journalism at NYU.