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Aurora Vergara (Aurora Vergara Figueroa) was born on 14 May, 1987 in Cali, Cauca Valley, Colombia, is a Minister of National Education of Colombia since 2023. Discover Aurora Vergara's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 36 years old?

Popular As Aurora Vergara Figueroa
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Age 36 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 14 May, 1987
Birthday 14 May
Birthplace Cali, Cauca Valley, Colombia
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1987

Aurora Vergara Figueroa (born May 14, 1987) is a Colombian sociologist and academic who has been a tenured professor in the Department of Social Studies at the Icesi University and director of the Center for Afrodiasporic Studies.

In July 2022, she was appointed to be part of the transition team of the Gustavo Petro government along with Mauricio Lizcano, Carolina Corcho and Daniel Rojas.

In August that year, the newly appointed Minister of Education, Alejandro Gaviria, appointed her as Deputy Minister of National Education.

On February 27, 2023, she was appointed Minister of Education by President Gustavo Petro, replacing the outgoing Alejandro Gaviria.

Aurora Vergara Figueroa was born in Cali, Cauca Valley but grew up in Itsmina, Chocó since she was four years old.

She arrived there with her brother and her mother after the disappearance of her father when he was a telephone employee in Emcali.

Due to the lack of opportunities to study in Istmina, Vergara Figueroa considered enrolling in a convent as this could be an opportunity to continue her studies; however, her mother did not give her the required permission.

2003

In 2003, she won the Convenio prize Andrés Bello in history, which allowed her to move to Cali and enter the Universidad del Valle to study sociology, despite the economic difficulties and having to work in various trades such as domestic service to pay for her expenses, she was able to complete her studies.

One of her professors encouraged her and helped her to apply for a scholarship at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States where she obtained a master's degree and a doctorate in sociology.

Later she did a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University

2014

In 2014, Vergara Figueroa won the Martin Diskin Dissertation award from LASA (Latin American Studies Association) for the best PhD dissertation creatively incorporating a combination of activism and scholarship.

2016

In 2016, she was nominated as one of the 20 best leaders in Colombia by the Fundación Liderazgo y Democracia.