A profile of our President
Andrea García Hamilton is the President for SLAJ since 2005. Previously, Mrs. García Hamilton was a Program Officer with the Latin American and Caribbean Programs with the Academy for Educational Development (AED) Global Education Center. She has managed AED projects in Guatemala, Peru, El Salvador and Nicaragua. She also worked with UNICEF-Mexico and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF in New York City.
She holds a degree from the University of Virginia in Government and Foreign Affairs and Latin American Studies. In addition, she has completed programs in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution with the Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution (IIMCR) program in The Hague, and completed at the Pontificía Universidad Católica del Peru in Lima, Peru.
She is fluent in Spanish French, English, Italian and Portuguese, with knowledge of German and she lived in Asia, Europe, Latina America and the U.S., and traveled in Africa and the Middle East.
Statement from the President
Some years ago, my brother Gabriel García Planas invited me to join a cause that was close to his heart: transparency in the judicial system in Peru. Although my brother is no longer with us, his dream lives on through (SLAJ). With the guidance of our outstanding board members, SLAJ has been working to encourage practical ways to move beyond the persistent lack of confidence and transparency in the judicial system in Peru, and Latin America.