Nina Balmaceda

Dr. Vilma “Nina” Balmaceda is a scholar-practitioner whose work focuses on civic leadership development and education for justpeace and reconciliation. She is the director of the Americas Initiative for Transformation and Reconciliation, and of the Certificate in Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation program, and co-director of the graduate certificate program in Faith-based Organizing, Advocacy and Social Transformation; a member of the Duke Climate and Sustainability Advisory Council, and of the Duke Human Rights Center’s faculty board. Dr. Balmaceda also serves as president of Peace and Hope International, a Christian organization dedicated to address injustice and preventing violence against vulnerable communities in Latin America.