2025
Carlos Quintero Herrera Lasso
Lawyer, Policy Expert and Community Organizer
Carlos Quintero is a lawyer, community organizer, and public policy strategist with extensive experience spanning government institutions, private companies, and grassroots movements throughout Mexico, the U.S., and Latin America. His work has focused on justice reform, digital and financial inclusion, and community empowerment — driving systemic change through policy and collective action.
Carlos recently spearheaded public policy efforts in fintech and digital access, serving as public policy director at leading technology firms. Previously, as legal counsel to the president of Mexico, he designed and negotiated the approval of Everyday Justice, the country’s most significant legal and constitutional access-to-justice reform in decades. He also founded "Ensamble" and "¡Sà Se Puede!," grassroots initiatives that empower communities to organize and build collective power.The 2025 World Fellows
We are delighted to announce the 2025 Yale World Fellows. These 16 extraordinary individuals are leaders working in environment, technology, politics, media, the arts, human rights, international development, and justice sectors around the world. They include a Nigerian singer-songwriter, a Turkish politician, and a Pakistani police superintendent. “World Fellows are operating with remarkable savvy and often immense courage on the frontlines of the fight for a better world,” said Emma Sky, director of Yale’s International Leadership Center, which houses the World Fellows program. “In this era of global upheaval and uncertainty – which drives many to cynicism and apathy – the 2025 World Fellows are daring to envision and build...Read More
