Pablo manages program logistics and helps oversee day-to-day activities. He has been associated with SIT since 2002. Pablo received his diploma in journalism from the Lomas de Zamora University and Taller Escuela Agencia. He has worked as a freelance journalist for a number of Argentine national newspapers including Pagina/12, La Nación, Clarín, and La Maga. During the 1990s, Pablo worked in the Press and Cultural Promotion Department of the Secretary of Cultural Affairs and was host of a rock-and-roll radio show on FM La Boca. He is the co-author of Música y Dictadura – Porqué Cantábamos (Music and Dictatorship – Why We Were Singing). His research interests include music, literature, and cinema identity.

Dr. Peña earned a PhD in social sciences from IDES-UNGS, focusing on transnational migration processes between Paraguay and Argentina. She graduated from London Guildhall University in the UK with a major in political science and a minor in French. She later earned an MA in political science from Leiden University and an MA in development studies from Nijmegen University, both in the Netherlands. Prior to becoming the academic director for the Argentina: Transnationalism and Comparative Development in South America program, Dr. Peña was the assistant director and interim academic director of Argentina: Social Movements and Human Rights. She was born in Argentina and has lived and worked abroad for 12 years, mainly in London, Amsterdam, and Barcelona. She works as a consultant for international development agencies with a focus on gender and development. She worked for Oxfam International for five years, including several missions to West and northeast Africa and parts of Latin America, mainly Brazil and Nicaragua. She consults for international development agencies with a focus on gender and development.