Marcela Rentería

Marcela is the Executive Director of the Chilean Regional Office of Harvard University’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. She has worked at Harvard University for more than 15 years, focusing on global education and innovation efforts in Latin America. She is also cofounder and leader of Harvard University’s Recupera Chile initiative, an ongoing multidisciplinary project focused on post-disaster recovery in communities struck by the February 2010 earthquake and tsunami. Marcella is a member of the Board of América Solidaria and serves on the Advisory Council of Corporación Amigos de los Parques de la Patagonia in Chile. Marcela has a Masters Degree in Intercultural Relations from Lesley University in Boston, MA, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications from the Pontificia Universidad Javierana in Bogota, Colombia.