Wendy Molina Varela

Wendy Molina Varela is a Costa Rican sociologist known for her academic work on urban gentrification, particularly in the context of Costa Rica and Latin America. In 2019, she published a significant article analyzing the gentrification phenomenon, highlighting the lack of national academic production on the topic and relating it to historical and contemporary urban development patterns. Her research critiques the neoliberal urban governance model in Costa Rica, illustrating how state complicity has enabled gentrification processes that displace vulnerable communities.