Aleksandra Nowak studied Political Sciences (MA) and Spanish Philology (MA) at the University of Wrocław. She obtained her Ph. D. in Political Science at the University of Wrocław in 2010. She is Senior Lecturer at the Arts Institute in the Angelus Silesius State School of Higher Vocational Education in Wałbrzych and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Wrocław. She received numerous scholarships and research grants to conduct research in Latin America (Argentina, Uruguay). She is a member of the Polish Latin American Studies Association. In 2012-2017 she has been the Hub Manager of the Academia Europaea Knowledge Hub Wrocław.