Program Specialist

Louisa Olson is the Program Specialist at the Inter-American Foundation for data analysis, procurement, and web-systems management. She is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer who worked in close collaboration with Costa Rica’s Ministry of Education to facilitate professional development trainings for Costa Rican English teachers, conduct oversight visits for Ministry of Education events, and develop with the ministry’s capitol office institutional resources for English teachers at every level around the country. Louisa has a Master’s in Public Policy from the University of Maryland with a focus in international security, trade policy, and development economics and dual bachelor’s degrees in Spanish and Geography from the University of Colorado.