Marie Pessiot holds a Master degree in political sciences from Sciences Po Toulouse and a Master in Latin American studies from the Institut of Latin Amercian Studies of La Sorbonne nouvelle. Her research focused on indigenous movements in Ecuador and Argentina. She has joined Unesco in 2020 to work on stakeholder engagement and partnerships for the Moroccan office. She’s working as a program manager for UNESCO in the project “HABITABLE, linking climate change, habitability and social tipping point”, one of the most ambitious U.E. funded projects on climate change and migration. She previously worked for Oxfam in Morocco as a migration adviser. She was involved in studies on migration policies and on access to health services for migrants. She has also worked as a journalist for France 24 in Bogota, specializing in a number of subjects, ranging from climate change to migration and culture, and as program manager for the French Ministry of Foreign affairs in Angola and Cameroon.