Caitlin Katsiaficas is a Research Assistant at the Migration Policy Institute, where she works with the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy. Her research focuses on policies and practices that support the successful integration of immigrant and refugee families, particularly Dual Language Learners and the young children of refugees.

Prior to joining MPI, she conducted research on European Union asylum, border management, and migration polices at Bridging Europe, and worked at George Washington University’s Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies. She has also interned at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement, the Refugee Services Program for the city of Portland, Maine, and NGOs in the United States and Europe.

Ms. Katsiaficas received her MA and BA in international affairs from George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, where she focused on migration and conflict.  She has also studied in Belgium, Greece, and Turkey.