Andres is a Colombian LLM candidate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School, pursuing a concentration in Energy, Security, and Human Rights. He is the recipient of the Dean's Merit-Based Scholarship and the Colfuturo Scholarship. His research interests focus on human rights, global justice, transitional justice, and the intersection between law and philosophy, among other interdiscipinary approaches. Andres has worked at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia, the Norwegian Refugee Council, and other leading NGOs promoting accountability, memory, peace, and the human rights. He holds an LLB and a major in Philosophy, both from Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia.
