Valeria Villarreal is an assistant director at the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, where she contributes to the center’s work on Mexico and business development. Throughout her time at the Council, she has supported multiple projects, including the development of a dashboard detailing crucial information about the Summit of the Americas process. Villarreal also supports the center’s work aimed at strengthening economic security and competitiveness as tenets of the US-Mexico relationship.  

Prior to her time at the Atlantic Council, Villarreal was a research assistant and events manager at Georgetown University’s Center for Latin American Studies, where she engaged in an independent research project to analyze the social and political impacts of COVID-19 in Mexico and Latin America. Villarreal was also an intern at McLarty Associates’ Mexico Practice and the Political Affairs Section at the Mexican embassy in Washington, DC, where she focused on highlighting Mexico’s commercial and political relevance globally. Originally from Monterrey, Mexico, Villarreal holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from the Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service, where she majored in international politics and minored in diplomatic studies.