CatherineBall :

This space aims to generate a network of people who will exchange knowledge, experience and creative ideas to foster new and often unexpected collaborations amongst individuals living in different cultures.

About Me

Basic Information
Gender
Female
Hometown
Evesham
About me
I first became interested in Latin America as a teenager, when I visited the Mexican border towns whilst on family holidays to Texas and California. I was determined to learn Spanish, and spent six months volunteering in the fundraising department of an NGO in Mexico City before beginning a degree in Latin American Development at the University of Portsmouth. For the 3rd year of my degree, I returned to Mexico, where I spent a semester studying at the University of Veracruz in Xalapa and a semester volunteering at an NGO in Oaxaca, Mexico. I have travelled around Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Guatemala and Cuba. This year, I completed an MSc in Conflict, Security and Development at the University of Birmingham. I spent 4 weeks in Mexico City researching my dissertation on the impact of drug cartel violence on the Mexican state.