José Ginocchio-Moraiz

José is the Program Officer for the Americas. He is an anthropologist and filmmaker who focuses on the rights of indigenous people and migrants. He has researched these issues in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and The United States. Before working for the UNHR, José oversaw human rights advocacy projects; his latest, a grant of international cooperation between the European Commission and Argentina, tackling rights abuse against indigenous people in his home province, Salta. After graduating summa cum laude with a double major in Anthropology and Human Rights from Trinity College Hartford, José co-founded a non-governmental organization based in Argentina and currently serves as its vice-president.

He speaks English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and is in the process of learning French.