Karina Sánchez Bazán is a food systems policy specialist with more than a decade of experience across government, academia, civil society, and international organizations. She brings expertise in food policy, school meal programs, and multi-stakeholder coordination, including service on the expert committee behind Mexico's Healthy and Sustainable Dietary Guidelines.
As Survey Associate for Latin America at the Global Child Nutrition Foundation, Karina supports the Global Survey of School Meal Programs by facilitating outreach and collaboration with government partners in the region.
Karina is a Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy at Tecnológico de Monterrey, where her research focuses on food environments and food systems transformation. She currently also serves as a consultant for GIZ's Transformation of Food Systems (TES) project in Mexico, and previously worked with GAIN on a case study of school meal programs in Mexico for the national DIF. In addition, Karina led the Sustainable Food Systems and Healthy Diets initiative at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Mexico.
Karina is based in Mexico City and holds a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University, with a concentration in food policy.