Vianney Fernández Villagómez

Vianney Fernández is Government Partnerships Manager at J-PAL LAC, where she works directly with governments to foster evidence use and data-driven policymaking. Vianney joined J-PAL in 2021 to partner with the Mexico City Women's Secretariat on a project focused on reducing intimate partner violence and femicides.

Before joining J-PAL, she worked at the World Justice Project, conducting several research projects on the accusatory criminal justice system in Mexico and Central America. Vianney holds a Masters in Public Policy from the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) and a Bachelors in Economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Vianney speaks native Spanish and is fluent in French and English.