Luis Alvarado Bruzual

Originally from Venezuela, Luis is an International Relations professional and an experienced facilitator, advocate, campaigner, organizer and mobilizer, with over ten years of experience working in the field of social development programme planning, peacebuilding, advocacy, resource mobilization, strategic planning and social and behavioral change, with experience across 15 different countries and with different local and international organizations such as Fundación Váyalo, UNICEF and Peace Direct.

Through his work, Luis has supported the disengagement of more than 100 young people from gangs groups in the East of Venezuela, and has supported the development of policy negotiation and advocacy strategies in different matters across Asia, Africa and Latin America. Luis was named as Young Leader of the Americas by the U.S. Department of State in 2023 and a Peace Ambassador by the European Commission in 2022.

Luis is currently studying his Master Program on International Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies in the University of Notre Dame.