Jasmin Higo is a German master of public administration student at Cornell University, where she specializes in economic and financial policy. She has worked at the World Bank in food security and digital agriculture. Higo co-authored a study on agri-food innovations for the UN agency, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). As a research assistant at Harvard University’s Growth Lab, Higo examined growth opportunities and constraints of African countries. As a consultant for an elected New York State Assemblymember, she used geospatial and census data to conduct research on racial health disparities. As a research assistant at Cornell University, she works on two USAID-funded food security and resilience monitoring studies in Ethiopia and Malawi. Prior to Cornell, Higo worked for a Boston-based NGO and technology company, Siemens, in sustainability, finance, and mergers and acquisitions. Higo earned a BA in business administration. Higo speaks Arabic, German, English, and French. Her research interests lie in regional economic development.