PARTNERS OF THE AMERICAS
American University PartnersCampus
Officers and Advisors
Ana Milena Sobalvarro
President
Ana is a proud half Colombian and half Nicaraguan native of the DC area. She enjoys wandering, sewing, and researching new uses for everyday things. Her major is international studies, and she serves as the PartnersCampus intern at Partners of the Americas' main office downtown. Ana hopes to live in both Colombia and Nicaragua one day and have a giant schnauzer named Vladimir.
Nathalia Montoya Casanova
Vice President
Nathalia is a student at American University in Washington DC studying International Relations and International Business. Interning in Partners of the Americas, she helped co-found and expand the PartnersCampus initiative that seeks to start student-lead university groups across the USA and Latin America to work together to implement development projects. Her experience allowed her to play an important role in leadership discussions in the first ever PartnersCampus convention that brought international student leaders from various Latin American countries and US states to Washington DC.
Luisa Fernanda Armijo
VP of Communications
Luisa is a Junior studying French and Film & Media. She is passionate about learning different cultures, including the people, the food, and the arts from that culture. She has a huge love for coffee, Mexico (her roots), and helping others. She spends her time being busy and happy.
Mariana Enriquez
VP of Finances
Mariana is an International Studies and Business major at American University. Mariana joined Partners AU her Sophomore year, and loves being a part of such a wonderful team. Fun fact: She is really excited about taking a Latin American cinema class this semester!
Dr. Irving Rosenthal | Faculty Advisor
Professor Rosenthal is an Adjunct in AUs School of International Service. His course titled “Rethinking U.S. Foreign Aid” covers US aid from the Marshall Plan to Europe in 1947 to ideas proposed today by Congress and the Obama administration today. Prof. Rosenthal received his PhD from AUs School of Government and Public Administration in 1965. His course focuses on democratization and public and private sector institutional reform for aid-receiving countries to manage their own economic and social development. Prof. experience in international development and retired from the US Agency for International Development as a Minister-Counsellor in the U.S. Foreign Service. He had six long-term overseas assignments and consultant in over 20 countries with the US government and was COO for two private voluntary organizations and Director of a 501(c) educational institute in development anthropology.
