Elena Vasquez is World Desk Editor and an investigative data journalist with 10 years of experience spanning Mexico City, Berlin, and Johannesburg. She leads our team's cross-border investigations and pioneered open-source verification methods adopted by newsrooms in six countries. Elena holds a master's degree in international relations from the Hertie School and is a certified data journalist from the Journalism++ academy. Her investigation into global cotton supply chains won the European Press Prize, and she has served as a trainer for the International Fact-Checking Network. Elena is fluent in English, Spanish, German, and Portuguese, and insists on naming sources and methods in every data story she publishes.