Omar Sierra is a doctoral candidate in Latin American and Caribbean cultural and art studies at the Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador (UPEL-IPC) Caracas, Venezuela. He holds a BA in sociology from Hunter College, City University of New York, and a master's degree in International Conflict Resolution from the University of Massachusetts in Boston. Professionally he has worked in the field of International Relations in different responsibilities for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela. He has extensive knowledge in international, intercultural and inter-ethnic conflicts, as well as in post-conflict negotiation and reconciliation. He is currently completing a master's degree in Inter-American Studies at the University of Bielefeld in Germany and works as assistant editor at the editorial office of the Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CALAS) at the same university.