Who We Are
About Us
El Cortao’ was founded in 2019 as a student-led platform designed to promote creative and academic writing on Latin America. The platform has since seen rapid expansion and is now managed by our dedicated Feature Editors who, alongside our Editor-in-Chief, help process the growing number of articles submitted annually by our Contributors and Ambassadors. We are committed to providing our readership with varied and quality content and we are proud to host interviews and analyses that bring forward the perspectives of leading experts on Latin America.
Happy reading!
Our Editorial Team
2024-2025
Editor-in-Chief
Amy Hargreaves Smith
Amy is a second-year International Development BA student at King’s. She may not be Latina by blood, but she can recite just about any old reggaeton song thrown her way, which she truly hopes gives her some points on the committee. From volcano-boarding in Nicaragua, to carnival-ing in Brazil, and animal rescue centre-ing in Mexico, this gringa hopes to draw on these experiences to bring some oomph to this year’s El Cortao’.
Our Writing Team
Past and Present
Contributors
Victoria Bujok
Thaïs Ricard
Sophie Rasmussen
Nazreen Shivlani
Katherina Lister Hernández
Carla Suárez
Alice Iscar
Irene Perez Beltrán
Octavio Gutierrez
Arianna Sánchez
Valeria Sinisi García
Felix Owen
Catalina Fazio Belán
Emily Arama Sánchez
Zoë Da Poian
Abbey Villasis
Patricio Ghezzi Novak
Darla Timewell
Blake Simons
Amy Hargreaves Smith
Ambassadors
Mathilde Aupetit
Fernanda Alvarez Piñeiro
Luis Bosques
Jack Acrich
Clarice Benney
Kayleigh Best
Luisa Ripoll Alberola
Marco García
Camila Consolmagno
Andrés Vargas Arévalo
Om Nagle
Borja Goyenechea
Lucas Cornejo Pásara
Antonio Pinto
Matteo Amaral