Julia Coburn

Julia Coburn is Director of Projects and Strategic Initiatives at CDM. She holds a B.A. in Latin American Studies and in Anthropology from the University of Chicago and an M.A. in Media, Peace & Conflict Studies from the United Nations-Mandated University for Peace. In 2011, she received a Fulbright scholarship to work with migrant worker women in Costa Rica’s domestic service industry. Julia first fell in love with CDM as a volunteer in Zacatecas in 2008 through the University of Chicago’s Human Rights Program. She returned to CDM as a Dr. Aizik Wolf Human Rights Fellow to research the labor recruitment industry, and has subsequently worked in CDM’s Zacatecas, Baltimore and Mexico City offices in outreach, operations, and litigation support.