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Jennifer Linares,
Senior Program Manager

Based in Paris, France, Jennifer is a Senior Program Manager at SIA leading our work in digital and financial literacy and women’s economic empowerment and financial inclusion, among other areas. Jennifer is passionate about achieving financial inclusion through dialogues and solutions involving public, private and civil society stakeholders. A proud polyglot, Jennifer is fluent in English, Spanish, French and intermediate-level Portuguese. She has led several of SIA’s projects with clients including USAID, GIZ, WFP, and the World Bank across Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Jennifer holds a Master of Arts in International Development with concentrations in Latin American Studies and Project Management from Sciences Po Paris and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and French Language and Literature from Stony Brook University.