(Buenos Aires, 1984) Agustin Porres studied Philosophy at the Catholic University of Argentina, where he also completed a postgraduate degree in Politics, Government, and Administration. He also holds a master’s degree in Public Policy from Georgetown University’s McCourt School.
He is the Regional Director of Latin America at the Varkey Foundation, an organization dedicated to celebrating and empowering the teaching profession around the world. He worked in the Ministry of Education of the city of Buenos Aires, as well as in the National Social Security Administration.
He led the Educational Policy sector of Fundación Contemporánea and was Executive Director of FormarHub in the United States. Additionally, he is a founding member of the Latin American Coalition for Excellence in Teaching, a group that brings together experts from the region to design reforms for the teaching career.
He frequently writes for the leading media organizations in Argentina and Latin America at large. He has recently published Unfinished Business in Education, a book of interviews with 31 former ministers of education from around the world. Annually, he is invited to serve as a judge for organizations that work to recognize teachers in the region.
He is a visiting professor at the Austral University, has taught at various universities, and is a member of the alumni board of the McCourt School at Georgetown University. He is married to Inés and they have three children.