Ana Maria Perez Patiño

Ana was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. Before Princeton, she worked at Instiglio, an international advisory firm, where she supported governments, multilateral agencies, and philanthropies in designing and implementing results-based financing programs in low- and middle-income countries. Through these experiences, she became deeply interested in migration policy and in making public spending and development aid more effective, sustainable, and impactful to improve the lives of vulnerable populations. This past summer, she interned at the World Bank’s Development Research Group, contributing to policy research on refugee labor market integration in Ethiopia. Ana holds a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Political Science from Universidad de los Andes. At Princeton, she hopes to deepen her expertise in evidence-based policymaking and design solutions that strengthen development outcomes. In her free time, she enjoys dancing, traveling, reading, and spending time with family and friends.