Sarah Phillips, Associate, supports our Northern Latin America practice. Sarah Phillips has more than five years of experience tracking political and economic developments in Latin America. A graduate of the University of Oxford, Sarah completed her master’s degree in Latin American politics in 2023 as a William de Segundo scholar. During her time at Oxford, Sarah conducted fieldwork on water scarcity in urban peripheral areas of Mexico City, analyzing the effectiveness and scalability of policies that promote the use of rainwater harvesting systems. Prior to her time at Oxford, Sarah spent a year living and working in Pasto, Colombia as the recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship. Following her time in South America, she worked at the Inter-American Dialogue, a DC-based think tank focused on Western Hemisphere affairs. In this role she helped inform and shape policies to promote energy security and climate change mitigation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Sarah holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and international relations from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Geneseo. She speaks English and Spanish.