Originally from the southern border region of the United States, Flavio Cabrera spent most of his life years living, working and studying between Mexico and France. M. Cabrera obtained a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Tecnológico de Monterrey with a Social and Humanitarian Entrepreneurship certification from Brown University’s Watson Institute (BIARI)

Flavio joins the Global Human Development (GHD) Master’s program with 6 years of work experience primarily in the Latin American region, focusing in the areas of corporate sustainability; social and environmental startups; public policy and civic participation. Previously, Flavio worked within Mexico’s regional governments on institutional projects aiming to strengthen citizen engagement and public accountability. He also co-created and launched an innovative Social Entrepreneurship Lab for young entrepreneurs within the Ashoka Universities Network. Afterwards, M. Cabrera joined and served as a Peace Corps in the Community Economic Development program in the Andean rural communities of Peru. During the time he represented the United States abroad, he worked on project designing and implementation as well as providing capacity building for more than 250+ high school students, teachers and directors on mission-driven business models. Furthermore, Flavio was invited to join B Lab regional Offices in Peru (Sistema B) where he supported the organization in reaching out and building cross-sector partnerships with Peruvian companies.

At Georgetown, Flavio served as the GHD Senator in Grad Gov throughout his first academic year. Nowadays, he currently serves in the President’s Executive Board as the Co-Director for the Energy, Environment and Sustainability Committee (EES). Flavio is a candidate in the International Business Diplomacy (IBD) honors certificate where he is focusing in learning from venture capital markets, impact investments and ESG frameworks.

Why GHD?

I decided to choose the GHD program mainly because of Professor Radelet's persona, Director Kristen and Tiongson full support and vast academic and on the field experiences. As a former Spanish and French speaker Economic Development Peace Corps member, I found that GHD would excel my academic and professional skills. Furthermore, coming from the B-Lab and Entrepreneurial ecosystems in Latin America, the program has provided many related internship opportunities while being at the core of the political debates. GHD is a family-oriented program and we are excited your joining.