Biography
Aurora Vergara Aurora Vergara Figueroa (born May 14, 1987) is a Colombian sociologist, academic, and professor who served as Minister of National Education from 2023 to 2024 under President Gustavo Petro, Vergara served as Deputy Minister of Higher Education from 2022 to 2023. Born in Cali, Cauca Valley, she holds a degree in Sociology from the University of Valle and a master's degree in Academic Affairs from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In 2022, she was a member of Gustavo Petro's presidential transition team and later in August assumed the position of Deputy Minister of Higher Education, a position she would hold until 2023, when she would become Minister of National Education.
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