Carin Zissis

Carin Zissis is Editor-in-Chief of AS/COA Online, the website of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas. Based in Mexico City from 2013 to 2021, she regularly publishes analysis and provides commentary on Mexican politics and elections, women’s equity and leadership, U.S.-Mexico ties, and other Latin American issues. She is the host of AS/COA’s Latin America in Focus podcast. With 20 years of editorial experience, her writing and commentary have been featured in Americas Quarterly, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, El Universal (Mexico), Univision, World Politics Review, and other U.S. and international outlets. Prior to joining AS/COA, she was a staff writer at the Council on Foreign Relations, where she produced an interactive guide on North Korea that helped earn CFR.org a Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism. She holds an MA in Journalism and Latin American studies from New York University and a BA in History from George Washington University.