María Elena Huertas

María Elena is Co-founder and Co-Executive Director of POLEN Transiciones Justas. She holds a PhD in Engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey and an undergraduate degree in Environmental Engineering from Universidad de los Andes. Before joining POLEN, she worked in Colombia, Mexico, and Germany as a researcher at Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, Tecnológico de Monterrey, and the United Nations University on projects focused on the atmospheric impacts of transportation, coal mining, and just transitions.