Laura Guzmán
Member, Board Of Directors at Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolLaura Guzmán is a strategy and communications leader with 12 years of experience helping values-driven teams make sense of complex trends and amplify impact across humanitarian, tech, and climate sectors. Based in Portland, she currently advises organizations as Director of Global Systems & Communications at DevGlobal, Communications Lead for NASA Lifelines, and serves on the Board of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Her career blends hands-on communications, program design, and fundraising with people leadership and operational rigor from roles at The Engine Room, Open Society Foundations, and international fellowships. Known for translating technical and policy complexity into accessible narratives, she also brings practical mapping and GIS experience from academic and early technical roles—an uncommon mix that strengthens cross-disciplinary collaboration.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Semester abroad focused on journalism history & alternative media, Semester abroad focused on journalism history & alternative media at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloBA Latin American Studies Spanish Communication Design, BA Latin American Studies Spanish Communication Design at Washington University in St. LouisMaster's Degree International Affairs | Urban Issues & Mapping, Master's Degree International Affairs | Urban Issues & Mapping at The New School
English, Spanish, Portuguese, French
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Github Skills (5)
cartography10
merge9
maps9
cartodb1
database1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
the-engine-room/2018-retro
Dec 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:14 pushes, 4 comments, 10 issues in 4 months
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