Gabriela Marma-Gutierrez earned her Bachelor of Arts in Strategy and International Security with Middle East Studies from the University of Exeter. She is a first-year MSFS graduate student at Georgetown, concentrating on Global Politics and Security. Gabriela has spent the past three years in Washington D.C. working for various non-profit and for-profit international development companies. She has also interned at USAID and PEPFAR Missions in Nepal and Zambia and is currently interning at a research institution. She is originally from El Salvador but has grown up predominantly in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Given her experience living overseas, Gabriela is interested in pursuing a career in public service. Her interests are in cybersecurity and the threat disinformation poses to democratic processes.

"I chose MSFS because I felt that it would provide me with the best environment to think critically, ethically, and systematically about the world we live in. Its values of leadership, creative thinking, ethical practice, and a commitment to service align with my own principles. It’s rigorous academic structure and additional career and support services provide the best possible foundation for me to go on and serve my community. "