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Alejandra Lopez
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Alejandra Lopez

Alejandra Lopez is an Assistant Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation and a Graduate Scholar at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. At RAND, she focuses on migration policy, transnational relationships between the United States and Latin America, and informal economies.

Ms. Lopez has an MS in mathematics from Purdue University and a BS in mathematics from Arizona State University. Prior to joining RAND, she conducted research in theoretical and applied mathematics, including projects in Quantum Metric Spaces, Matrix Convex Sets, and mathematically modeling Pathogen Mutation and Seasonal Forcing in Zoonotic Spillover and recidivism in prisons.

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June 2023
Migration Narratives in Northern Central America: How Competing Stories Shape Policy and Public Opinion in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador
By  Ariel G. Ruiz Soto, Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Alejandra Lopez and Alejandro Vélez Salas

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Reports
June 2023

Migration Narratives in Northern Central America: How Competing Stories Shape Policy and Public Opinion in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador

El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras have long histories of emigration, but are seeing increasing transit and return migration as well. This report explores the stories told within these three countries about migration in all its forms, how these narratives intersect with (and at times, contradict) each other, and how they influence policy decisions and public opinion.