Leidy Blanco García

Leidy Blanco García

Former General Coordinator of Participación Ciudadana

Lawyer with a Master’s degree in Democratic Society, State and Law, currently completing her doctoral dissertation. She has also pursued studies in development cooperation at the University of Texas at Austin and the Complutense University of Madrid.

She currently serves as Head of Institutional Relations at the General Directorate for Cooperation and National and International Relations of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD). Previously, she worked as a paralegal at Campagna Law Offices and as a justice program analyst supporting the implementation of the Criminal Procedure Code for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

She served as General Coordinator of Participación Ciudadana and Coordinator of its Political Analysis Commission. She is also affiliated with the Dominican Association of Alumni of the INDEX Young Leaders Exchange Program of the Government of Japan, the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic, the Clinton Global Initiative Foundation, the Dominican Rehabilitation Association, and UN Women’s HeForShe Campaign.

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