Nataly Andrea Atencia Sánchez

Nataly Andrea Atencia Sánchez is a final-semester Political Science student at Universidad de Medellín, Colombia. She joined the Centre for Global Studies (CFGS) at the University of Victoria through the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) scholarship. Her academic interests include conflict and peace studies, transitional justice, memory studies, and political theory. Through her internship at CFGS, she hopes to gain new knowledge, learn from different perspectives, and deepen her academic and research experience. Outside of academia, Nataly enjoys reading and watching TV shows from the 1990s and 2000s. Her favorite show is Boy Meets World, which also inspired her desire to become a teacher and share her passion for learning with others.