Mariluz Salgado

Identified more than 50 potential programs addressing gendered disinformation and technology-facilitated gender-based violence in Spain and Latin America.
Documented evaluations/impact studies of such policies and programmes, as well as for those identified in other regions.
Redefined programs and policies databases, including information of scope, target population and descriptions

Projects: UNOPS-Support for Quality and Equitable Access to Secondary Education Activity and USDA-Proyecto Mejor Educación y Salud (MESA III)
Led the design of four educational assessments tailored to the Nicaraguan context, employing evidence-based-centered design and participatory approaches with thematic experts.
Conducted psychometric and descriptive analysis, ensuring high-quality results and

Project: Opportunities for quality learning in multigrade schools’ program
Developed training proposals for pedagogical advisors from the Ministry of Education aligned with national literacy standards and supported strategy-level planning for education programming in multigrade contexts. Produce three high-quality reports systematizing the program’s main results.

Designed and implemented impact evaluation frameworks to assess workforce development program in non-permissive contexts for a USAID-funded activity reaching more than 19,000 vulnerable young people, supporting strategic decision-making in fragile or constrained environments.
Led the Data Quality Assessment (DQA) process throughout the activity lifecycle in collaboration with the USAID team, asse

Projects: One Laptop per Child, Conecta Aprende and Hub-Edutech.
Led a regional team of 5 professionals and up to ten volunteers, improving accurate budget management, cost-effective activities planning, and ongoing oversight of the activity’s execution.
Led the design of the theory of change, logical framework, and development results matrices to track learning outcomes and performance indicat

Project: Early Literacy Network for Central America and the Caribbean (RedLEI)
Designed of research methodology, including proposal, literature review and data collection tools.
Led primary data collection with teachers, parents, principals and content experts of Nicaragua and Honduras, employing structured interviews and the Delphi Method.
Performed analysis of the quantitative and qualitative

Project: Alianzas II
Tailored the project AMELP to the Fundacion Zamora Terán´s organizational context of the half million USAID-funded activity reaching more than 2,000 vulnerable students and teachers.
Led the pilot test of at least five data collection tools on the field, ensuring reliable and valid results for vulnerable Nicaraguan communities.
Trained field staff in data collection protocols

Thesis: “From conflict to cooperation: Government accountability mechanisms and civil society organizations in Managua-Multiple cases design” (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nadia Molenaers)

Thesis: “Artificial Intelligence and gender inequality in education: A case study of Mathematics Adaptive Tutoring Systems in Honduran Rural Public Schools” (Supervisor: PhD. Fatih Aktas)