Clare Ribando Seelke is a Specialist in Latin American Affairs at the Congressional Research Service. CRS is a non-partisan research agency that serves the Members and Committees of Congress and their staffs that is located in the Library of Congress. Ms. Seelke came to CRS in 2003 as a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF). As part of her fellowship, she completed rotations with the State Department in the Dominican Republic and with the U.S. Agency for International Development in Washington D.C. She currently focuses on Mexico, Venezuela, and Central America, with a special focus on security issues and migration. During her tenure at CRS, Ms. Seelke has published numerous reports and confidential memoranda on both country-specific and regional issues in the Western Hemisphere, including gangs in Central America. Ms. Seelke holds a Master of Public Affairs and Master of Arts in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin.