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Franco is co-founder and producer of the Is The World On Fire? podcast, hosted at the Kroc School of Peace Studies, at the University of San Diego. In the show, graduate students interview peacebuilders, social innovators, academics and other experts trying to fight against the many challenges our world faces today.

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Click on this image to read my article, "Reflections around Trafficking in Persons: its background, severity, and challenges." This article was published by the UN-IOM magazine, Ser-Migrante Jul-Dec (2019).

Enclosed you will find the portfolio of my work that best represents the research, professional projects, and accomplishments I attained during my time as a graduate student at the University of San Diego (2021-2023). The contents of this portfolio illustrate the evolution of my thinking as a young academic and practitioner.

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As a Peace Ambassador of the Institute for Economics & Peace, Franco worked with the graphic designer Adrián G. Díaz to produce a visual guide to the concept of "Positive Peace".

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As a Practice Fellow at Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, Franco co-directed the Kroc Border Fellows Program in its first and second iterations.

Click to watch one of the selected Kroc Border Fellows' work.