Juana G. Montoya Murillo is a Ph.D. student in Demography at UC Berkeley, where she also earned her Master’s degree in Demography. Her research focuses on reproductive health, migration, and social inequality in Latin America. Juana's interest in demographic research began with an investigation into Venezuelan migration to Colombia, where she analyzed morbidity profiles among migrants in comparison to other vulnerable populations.
She holds a B.Sc. in Statistics from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and a B.Sc. in Economics from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. Currently, her work explores how changes in abortion policy affect reproductive health outcomes in Colombia. At Berkeley, she has served as a Graduate Student Instructor for the courses "Sex, Death, and Data" and "Economic Demography."
