Lucero Rodriguez

Argentinian lawyer currently pursuing a Master of International Affairs at Penn State University with a Fulbright Scholarship. Focus on gender, human rights, and data analysis. Experience in government working from 2020-2023 at the Ministry of Economy of Formosa, Argentina. Researcher on topics of human rights, gender, and public policy. Volunteer at non-profit and youth-led organizations that promote youth education, gender perspective, and climate action.

Currently, I work part-time as the Executive Assistant of the Graduate and Professional Association at Penn State University assisting the Executive Board in the general overview of the organization. I have worked as a lawyer in the Economic and Financial Sector of the Administrative Direction at the Ministry of Economy of Formosa, Argentina overseeing loans and subsidies, helping draft administrative contracts, and providing assistance to loan takers from September 2020 to July 2023. In 2019, in the framework of an Undergraduate Research Fellowship, I conducted a research project on public policy on gender in the cities of Corrientes and Formosa which led to two publications and collaboration between two research groups from Argentina and Brazil. I have been volunteering in youth-led educational organizations since 2018, as a Coordinador in Ejumína, Founder and member of the Executive Board at U.S. Alumni Northeast of Argentina, and Budget Lead at EmpoderaClima.

Currently, I am pursuing a Master of International Affairs at Penn State University with a Fulbright scholarship. My concentrations are gender, human rights, and data analysis. I obtained a JD from Argentina in 2019. During my undergraduate degree, I participated in two exchange scholarships. The first one was Friends of Fulbright at the University of Texas at Austin in 2018. The second one was Student ESCALA at the Federal University of Rio Grande, in Brazil in 2019. Additionally, I also participated in the Fulbright English Program at Kansas State University from July to August 2023.