Felipe Cala

Biography

Felipe Cala is a senior program officer at the Open Society Latin America Program, where he manages the human rights portfolios. Prior to this, Cala was engaged in advocacy, communications, and policy work with various civil society organizations and the Colombian government. His research has been published by several academic journals, and by the United Nations, for which he co-authored a report on youth engagement and human rights. He is the author of Cultural Producers and Social Change in Latin America.

Cala has a law degree from Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), an MPhil. in cultural studies from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD in Latin American studies from Princeton University.