INOMINDS

Manuel Stefano

Manuel Stefano graduated with honors from the IB program in Upper Canada College, with honors from the B.A. Politics program in Princeton University, and with the LExS Award in the M.P.A. program in Leiden University in The Hague. He is currently a PhD candidate in Leiden University in The Hague for the Global Affairs School in Public Administration. He has won multiple awards and honors throughout his career.

He has been teaching and mentoring high school, university, and adult students for over 6 years in a variety of subjects. He specializes mostly in College Admissions and Applications, English/Verbal sections of standardized testing (ACT, SAT, GRE, etc.), English writing (essays, theses, articles, etc.), Spanish, Political Science and Government, International Governance, International Human Rights Law, Public Speaking, and other related areas. He has helped students get into schools like Harvard, Columbia, Berkeley, and UCLA, amongst others. During his time at Princeton University, he founded a program called the “College Crash Course” in cooperation with MIRA USA. This was a service initiative based on helping vulnerable student populations understand the application process and succeed in it. He ran the program as its coordinator for four years and it continues to run to this day.

He is a self-motivated and results-oriented international consultant, political advisor, instructor, editor, writer, translator, and interpreter with knowledge and experience in national and international governance. He has professional experience with international organizations like the United Nations, as well as political parties in Colombia. He has founded and led public service projects, as well as cooperated with NGOs in various human-rights related programs.

Facilitating intergovernmental cooperation, sacrifice, and change through diplomacy to increase the normative and socio-political legitimacy of people’s welfare are his prime motivators. He was born in Colombia in 93′, where he and his mother escaped the Armed Conflict in 99′. Knowing the struggle of those who are most vulnerable, his passions are justice, peace, and honest governance.