Michael Solis is the author of a young adult novel, Deficient. He will be starting a new role as Localization Expert, supporting the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Geneva. He is doing this as a member of Ireland's Rapid Humanitarian Response Roster through the Department of Foreign Affairs. In this role, Michael will be helping IOM's country and regional offices with the delivery of a new Localization Framework to shift greater resources and power to local frontline actors, with a focus mainly on emergency contexts. This follows nearly 12 years of working with Trócaire, one of Ireland's leading international non-governmental organizations, in Latin America, Sierra Leone, and Kenya. A 2010 Mitchell Scholar, he led development and humanitarian aid interventions, including during the West African Ebola crisis, 2017 mudslide in Freetown, and COVID-19 pandemic. Michael served as the elected representative of the international NGO community in Sierra Leone, and was an advisory board member to the Women’s Human Rights Education Institute. Passionately committed to human rights, he studied International Human Rights Law at the University of Galway, as well as Gender Studies and Development at Central American University in Nicaragua. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Princeton.