Bhavani Castro is the Regional Desk Coordinator for Asia Pacific and Latin America at ACLED, having previously managed the South America Research desk, and has been with the organization since April 2018. She started at the organization as a South Asia Researcher. In her current role, she oversees the management and collection of data on political violence in the Asia Pacific and Latin America regions. Bhavani holds an MA in International Security from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris – Sciences Po Paris, and a BA in International Relations from the University of São Paulo. Her research interests include ethno-nationalist conflicts, communal violence, organized crime groups, and non-state armed groups and gender. She is fluent in Portuguese, English, and French.