She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering at the Universidad de Los Andes in 1997.

In 2001 she earned a Master of Professional Studies in Interactive Telecommunications (ITP) at New York University.

Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo was born in Guatemala and lived in Iran, United States, Colombia, Argentina, and France.

[8] Since 2007, Cynthia Lawson has been an active participant in, and now coordinates, The New School university-wide project DEED: Development Through Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, and Design, which has connected over 50 New School students with artisans in Latin America to support craft-based, income-generating opportunities.

Her work with DEED has been featured in the NY Daily News [9] and the TV show LatiNation.