Gisela Sarabia Sandoval

Graduate Student

Politics and International Relations


Office: MMC,SIPA 213

Phone: 305-348-2226

Email: gsara008@fiu.edu

Research Interest

Gisela Sarabia is a dual degree MA/Ph.D. candidate for her master's in Latin American & Caribbean Studies and her Ph.D. in International Relations. Gisela’s master's degree focus is gender, violence, migration, and refugees, as well as Mexico, and Central America. Gisela’s research interests include Latin America, democracy, migration, refugee policy, comparative studies, human rights, and social justice.  

Gisela earned her BA in International Relations and minors in Latin American & Caribbean Studies; Chinese language and culture (2022) from Beloit College located in Beloit, Wisconsin. She is a former McNair Scholar (2022) and a PPIA Fellow (2021).