Dr. Gina Alvarado is a sociologist with 19 years of experience teaching, conducting research, designing programs and tools, and monitoring and evaluating interventions with a special focus on rural women. As a senior research and evaluation specialist at Landesa, she leads the design and implementation of research, monitoring and evaluation activities to expand knowledge and innovations to strengthening the land rights of vulnerable people in Myanmar. She has worked Brazil, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Tanzania, Uganda and, Vietnam.