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Laura is a behavioural economist and management consultant with experience across Bain & Company<\/a>, Harvard Business School<\/a>, Delivery Associates<\/a>, The Nature Conservancy<\/a>, and ENGIE Impact<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She serves on the Board of the Nest Foundation<\/a>, using social and emotional learning in schools as a foundation for ending violence and protecting children from exploitation. Previously, Laura founded Tierralta, an educational nonprofit giving better access to education to underprivileged students in Latin America.<\/p>\n

Laura holds an MBA from UCLA, an MS in Behavioural Science from the London School of Economics, and a BA in Economics and Mathematics from Torcuato DiTella.<\/p>\n

Based in New York, Laura is originally from Argentina, speaks four languages and has lived in seven countries across three continents.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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