Nicolás Velasco Pérez is Co-Founder of South-North Scholars, the first undergraduate student-led network focused on economic and sustainable development. As a student in a dual degree of Political Economy and Public Policy between Duke Kunshan University in Jiangsu, China, and Duke University in North Carolina, United States, Nicolás fosters understanding between the East and West, and between the Global South and the Global North. He is a CUSEF x One Young World Scholar, having been selected from 12,991 applicants globally for this inaugural cohort.