Yulia Vorobyeva is a Senior Principal Specialist in the Security, Transparency, Accountability, and Rule of Law Practice at DAI, an international development company. Her areas of expertise include citizen security, illicit markets, and sustainable development, with a geographical focus on Latin America and post-Soviet countries.

Prior to joining DAI, she served as a researcher for the United Nations agencies (UNODC and UNICRI) and for donor-funded projects (USAID, INL, Open Society Foundation), as well as evaluated youth crime and violence prevention projects for USAID.

Since 2018, Yulia has been teaching graduate courses on Latin American Studies at Florida International University. She has authored academic articles and policy-oriented research reports on a variety of topics, including drug trafficking, illicit financial flows, rule of law and violent extremism. Her work has appeared in journals such as Science, The Sociological Quarterly, and Journalism. Yulia holds a PhD in International Studies from the University of Miami and a graduate certificate in Strategic Management from Harvard University.