Diana Galeano is a Paraguayan national currently serving as a policy and planning analyst with the Global Partnership for Education. Before that she worked on technical assistance and capacity building projects with the Education Global Practice in the LAC region. Inspired by her own life story, her professional work focuses on education for human capital formation and upward social mobility. Diana also volunteers in the education space; for example, she is a member of the LAC Selection Committee for Margaret McNamara Education Grants (MMEG), an organization that supports women in developing countries in their pursuit of higher education.