Valeria Torres Ruiz
Class of 2025
Valeria is an analyst of asylum case petitions. What is most significant for her is her in-depth one-on-one interviews with migrants, which has led her to deconstruct the term "Migration." She stopped seeing it as a social phenomenon measured statistically and gave a name and surname to each story. Moreover, she has a deep interest in being able to analyze and develop measures to mitigate the human rights violation of migrants. Besides, make sure migration is safe and develop public policies at the regional and international levels to provide the opportunities that migrants are unable to find in their home countries.
She discovered her passion for international development during her first years as a student. She participated in a volunteer program at McLeod Ganj in India, where the Tibetan Government lives in exile. Furthermore, she has had international experiences that have helped her better understand the world. As an International Relations student, she interned at the Haynes Novick Immigration Law Firm in Washington, D.C. My responsibilities were based on supporting the application processes (TPS, Humanitarian Parole, Refugee/Asylee petition). After completing her university degree, she was selected for an internship at the Japan Institute of Cultural Affairs. She worked on social risk assessment and fundraising for managing humanitarian projects in Latin America.
Studying at Georgetown has been Valeria's dream since she entered college. She is eager to learn from Georgetown's excellent and renowned professors but also from her classmates. She is convinced that the master's program will be a milestone in her life and that she will begin to realize many personal and professional goals.