Laura is currently based in Bogota, conducting human rights research focused on the intersection of labor rights, indigenous communities, and environmental rights with the Colombian oil sector. She previously spent over a year in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, working on human rights education projects with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. She has also worked for the United Nations Environment Programme and as a journalist and in several editorial positions, including as executive editor, at her college newspaper, The Hoya. She received an LLM with distinction in international law, focusing on human rights law and international criminal law, from the University of Edinburgh. Prior to this, she studied international relations, history, and European studies at Georgetown University, and received the Thomas T. Helde Medal in German and European Studies.
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