Adalí Frias Deniz

Adalí is a Mexican Fulbright Garcia-Robles scholar and second-year Master of International Affairs (MIA) candidate at Columbia SIPA. She is the current assistant for the Technology, Media and Communications (TMaC) specialization while at the same time serving as the 2024 communications chair for the Latin American Student Association (LASA). Prior to arriving at SIPA, she worked at the British Embassy in Mexico in the press and political section as a communications analyst. In addition, in 2018 she was selected by the Mexican Government to represent her country as a youth delegate at the United Nations. Adalí is deeply passionate about the intersection between international affairs, communications, and the role mis/disinformation plays in policy decisions and human behavior. She looks forward to becoming an advocate for media literacy, which can play a vital role in developing healthy communities and democracies while at the same time serving as a policy solution to the global challenge of evolving mis/disinformation.