Danielle De La Fuente

Danielle De La Fuente (CGS ’04, Pardee ’06) is a member of the Boston University Global Development Policy Center Alumni Advisory Board. She has vast experience in peace-building and diplomatic efforts stemming from her work at the US Department of Defense’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, the British Embassy, and the Embassy of Argentina. Her passion for striving to achieve sustainable peace by addressing issues at their root cause led her to form the Amal Alliance, a nongovernmental nonprofit organization that provides displaced children and disenfranchised youth worldwide with social development programs Boston University Global Development Policy Center that help them cope with the invisible scars of trauma, and the learning fundamentals that guarantee them future opportunities. An advocate for displaced children’s right to an education and play, she has spoken about her initiative at the World Bank, the International Refugee Congress in Istanbul, and the UNHCR Global Compact for Refugees in Geneva.

Like her work, Danielle’s own background is rich in culture; she was born in San Diego to immigrant parents from Mexico and Iran, is multilingual, and has lived in four countries. She obtained her BA in international relations from Pardee School and her MLitt in peace and conflict studies from the University of St Andrews in Scotland.