Renzo Severino

Fellow, von der Heyden Global Fellows

Renzo Severino is a fifth-year Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy at Duke University. His research focuses on student minorities within the school system in Peru and their interaction with their peers and other actors in and outside school. Renzo’s dissertation examines the effect of increased immigrant presence in Peruvian high schools on the performance of native students. Additionally, Renzo is a Co-PI in a Randomized Controlled Trial that provides native-language sexual education to communities in rural Peru. Before coming to Duke, Renzo majored in Economics at Universidad del Pacifico.