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Mónica Alexandra Cortés Avilés is the executive director of Asdown Colombia, a Non-Governmental Organization dedicated to promoting the rights and inclusion in society of people with intellectual disabilities and their families. She has also consulted for the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, and UNICEF, developing research on eliminating barriers to inclusive education for people with disabilities.
She is a member and founder of the Regional Network for Inclusive Education in Latin America, Inclusion International, and RIADIS, with whom she has carried out research, communication campaigns, and documents on the best way to achieve education for all, which includes children with disabilities nationally and internationally.
Cortés Avilés has a degree in Languages from Universidad Industrial de Santander. She has been a representative on the National Council on Disability. Cortés Avilés is recognized as an expert on issues of inclusive education, recognition of legal capacity, and empowerment of families and people with disabilities in Colombia.
Cortés Avilés was an event speaker at the Dialogue.