Tatiana Nesviginsky
Tatiana Nesviginsky is an MA Candidate in the Global Political Economy cluster at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Born in Argentina, Tatiana Nesviginsky migrated with her family to Montreal as a teenager. She studied International Development and International Relations (Honours) at McGill University, and is fully trilingual (English, French and Spanish). Tatiana is interested in migration patterns, consolidation of democracies in developing countries, as well as governance, corruption, and poverty. Her thesis focuses on the migration patterns of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) and examines why the MS13 emerged in El Salvador and created a parallel and very violent state in El Salvador. Her hypothesis is that the MS13 is a response to the racial and ethnic patterns in the U.S., which pushed Salvadorian immigrants to band together for support and protection from gangs and other Americans who did not integrate them in the questionable melting pot. She has worked at both the British and Australian Embassies in Buenos Aires and most recently at the Rideau Institute in Ottawa. This summer she will work at the International Development Research Center in the two new program initiatives: Supporting Inclusive Growth and Governance, Security and Justice.