{"id":10869,"date":"2025-09-08T12:08:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T16:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=10869"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:40:33","slug":"ana-maria-diez","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/ana-maria-diez\/","title":{"rendered":"Ana Maria Diez"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b14dbe3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b14dbe3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span dir=\"auto\">Ana Mar\u00eda Diez <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">holds a Master&#8217;s degree in Public Management from IESA. She holds a Diploma in Social Inclusion and Access to Rights from the OAS School of Government. She holds a Diploma in Migration and Human Rights from the National School of Migration of the Dominican Republic. She holds a Diploma in Social Market Economy from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. She holds a Master&#8217;s degree in Diplomacy and International Relations from the International University of La Rioja, Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ebd973 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24ebd973\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Ana Mar\u00eda has extensive experience in the third sector, having practiced law in Venezuela in the areas of criminal law and child protection. She teaches negotiation and conflict resolution and worked as a Humanitarian Protection Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean with HelpAge International.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">She has been recognized with the&nbsp;<\/span><em><span dir=\"auto\">Inspiring Business Leaders<\/span><\/em><span dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;Recognition in the 2021 Social Leader category by Ernst &amp; Young Venezuela, as well as the&nbsp;<\/span><em><span dir=\"auto\">2021 Analytical Woman<\/span><\/em><span dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;Recognition and nominated for the&nbsp;<\/span><em><span dir=\"auto\">2022 IESA Alumni Award<\/span><\/em><span dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;in the social category. She is also the winner of the&nbsp;<\/span><em><span dir=\"auto\">2024 McCall-Pierpaoli Humanitarian<\/span><\/em><span dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;Award , previously awarded to Hillary Clinton and Chef Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s; and the&nbsp;<em>2017 Henry Ford&nbsp;<\/em><\/span><em><span dir=\"auto\">Environmental Merit Award<\/span><\/em>&nbsp;<span dir=\"auto\">in Venezuela.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">She is a research associate at Refugees International and represents CoalicionVE on the UNHCR Global Advisory Council of Organizations led by Displaced and Stateless People and an individual member of the UNHCR Refugee Advisory Group for Consultations on Resettlement and Complementary Measures until July 2025. She is a fellow-in-residence at the Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar for the Prevention of Genocide at the Auschwitz Institute for Genocide Prevention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Since its founding, she has worked at CoalicionVE serving as Country Coordinator in Venezuela (2020), Coordinator of the Legislation Commission (2020-2022), Vice President (2021-2022) and now as President for the period 2022-2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Publications<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center md:px-8 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