Fernanda Rodríguez-Pliego is an associate with the Health and Human Rights Initiative, focusing on the work in Latin America for the Global Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments.
Prior to joining the O’Neill Institute, Rodríguez-Pliego worked in the Mexican Judiciary Power, drafting decisions in federal administrative collegiate courts. During six years she analyzed and issued judgements as a law clerk on trials involving violations of human rights. She was also a law clerk in the Federal Tax and Administrative Court.
Fernanada obtained her law degree from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey from Monterrey, México. She holds an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from Georgetown University Law Center, a certification on Legal Argumentation Course from Universidad de Alicante and is certified by the Federal School of Judicial Training in Mexico.