Mónica Andrea Avella Herrera

Mónica Andrea Avella Herrera is an international lawyer, policy advisor, and strategist access to justice, women’s empowerment, and humanitarian action across Latin America, Europe, and globally. She holds a Master in Public Policy from the London School of Economics (LSE), where she founded the Women & Well-Being Forum 2025 with the Colombian Society. Mónica has collaborated with leading international organizations, including UN Women, OHCHR, USAID, Chemonics International, and Sorbonne ONU. She has also contributed to high-level policy and program implementation in Colombia, serving as Social Policy Advisor to the Presidency, where she led national strategies addressing hunger, poverty, and post-conflict social cohesion, coordinated with UN agencies and civil society, and supported the design of Colombia’s Feminist Foreign Policy. 

Currently, Mónica is developing her involvement with Eternal Terra EAR’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator, an initiative aiming to connect established women entrepreneurs with locally rooted ventures to exchange mentorship, knowledge, and resources. While still in its early stages, the project seeks to cultivate inclusive networks across cultural and technological ecosystems, empowering women-led enterprises and fostering cross-sector collaboration.