Fabiana Perera

Fabiana Perera is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at The George Washington University. Fabiana’s research focuses on unemployment and education in resource dependent countries and has been supported by the American Political Science Association, the GWU Center for International Business Education and Research and Humanity in Action. Fabiana served as a Rosenthal Fellow at the Office of the Secretary of Defense- Under Secretary for Policy- Western Hemisphere Affairs. She also has experience working at USAID and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Fabiana holds an MA in Latin American studies from Georgetown University where she was a fellow in languages and area studies. (This bio is current to when the participant joined FDD’s National Security Network.)