Elizabeth Echavarria is a Ph.D. student in the department of political science at the University of Washington, Seattle and is interested in comparative politics, methodology and environmental politics. Her research seeks to explore non-state actor’s involvement in decision-making processes from the domestic to the global level. Prior to her doctoral studies, Elizabeth worked as a program and project manager at various NGOs. She holds a BA in political science from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and a MSc. in public policy from University College London, which she completed thanks to a Chevening Award. With the support of the Fund for Latino Scholarship, Elizabeth plans to attend the 2023 APSA Annual Meeting to present her co-authored research exploring the integration of social justice issues as part of environmental non-governmental organizations’ missions and programmatic scope as evidence of the tension between mission preservation and mission expansion in changing political and social contexts.
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