Summary
Rebeca Jiménez is an Innovation Officer and Lead Data Scientist with 11 years of experience designing and deploying AI and big data solutions for humanitarian response, currently leading a $3M+ portfolio of 27+ proofs-of-concept across 22 countries at UNHCR in Geneva. She shapes strategy, policy and governance to embed safe, ethical, and context-appropriate technologies into crisis settings, advising senior leadership on AI safety while managing cross-functional teams of UN officials and full-stack developers. Her background blends rigorous public-sector communications and policy work at the World Bank and WFP with hands-on data science practice, giving her a rare ability to translate technical possibilities into operational, rights-respecting programs. Fluent in Spanish and steeped in human-centered innovation, she focuses on ensuring AI serves people—not the other way around—while quietly maintaining a wry ESL-informed sense of humor.
11 years of coding experience
Master’s Degree, Master’s Degree at Tecnológico de Monterrey
Master's Degree, Master's Degree at Columbia | SIPA
Washington Semester Program, Washington Semester Program at American University
Universität Bern
Executive Education Program, Executive Education Program at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
B.A., B.A. at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese