Purvi has lived and worked in Latin America since 2013, working on projects for NGOs and for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on labor rights, forced migration, and refugee protection in Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Prior to 2013, Purvi practiced as a health & disability lawyer in Chicago. She has a developed a deep interest in the using data analytics to drive more targeted, inclusive, and intersectional responses to legal protection and humanitarian interventions for families caught up in mass population displacement. Purvi believes very strongly that humanitarian response must move past old colonial models to better incorporate diverse perspectives and the voices of displaced families to help them reestablish their lives with dignity.

Purvi hold a law degree from Northeastern University School of Law, and a master’s in public health from Tufts University School of Medicine.  She also has earned certificates in Forced Migration from the Oxford University in the United Kingdom, and in Data Analytics & Visualization from the Tecnológico de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico.