About
I am a political scientist from Universidad Nacional de Colombia with a Master's in Public Policy from Universidad de los Andes, awarded through a scholarship from the university's Centro de Español.
I have extensive experience in the research, design, implementation, and evaluation of projects on armed conflict, gender, and LGBTIQ+ populations — working across grassroots organizations, government entities, and universities.
I worked for about four years in collaboration with "Casa Diversa", a community organization in Medellín recognized as the first LGBTI collective victim of the armed conflict in Colombia. At FIP I served as a gender researcher for USAID's Generando Equidad Program, and I currently work at the same organization on a pilot analyzing the interrelations between productive processes, greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), and gender dynamics in key productive sectors in Colombia.
Beyond research, I am a passionate photographer. My visual work explores intimacy, identity, and everyday beauty through portraits, still life, and conceptual photography.
Education
Professional Photography Course
Zona Cinco — 2026
Diploma in Feminisms, Writing and Gender
Instituto Caro y Cuervo — 2024
Master's in Public Policy
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia — 2016
Master's scholarship from the Centro de Español at Universidad de los Andes
B.A. in Political Science
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia — 2012
Experience
Gender Consultant
Gender Policy & Action Plan — RIT Colombia / CEPF Tropical Andes Phase III
Fondo Patrimonio Natural — Jul 2025 – Aug 2025
Gender Researcher
GHG & Gender Pilot — GEF CBIT Climate Transparency Colombia
Fundación Ideas para la Paz (FIP) — Nov 2024 – Jun 2025
Gender Researcher
Generando Equidad Program (USAID)
Fundación Ideas para la Paz (FIP) — Feb 2023 – Nov 2024
Coordinator & Qualitative Researcher
LGBTQ+ Truths in the Armed Conflict: Disappeared Victims in Medellín
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs / Casa Diversa — Jan 2021 – Jun 2022
Coordinator & Researcher
LGBTQ+ Truths in Memory of Silenced Victims in Medellín
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs / Casa Diversa — Oct 2019 – Dec 2020
Qualitative Researcher
Qualitative Analysis with ATLAS.ti
Fedesarrollo — Nov 2019 – Feb 2020
Research Assistant
War & Peace: Conflict Consequences on Health — U. of York / U. de los Andes
Universidad de los Andes — May 2018 – Nov 2019
Research Assistant
Determinants of Adolescent Trajectories in Colombia
Universidad de los Andes — Jan 2018 – Aug 2018
Research Assistant
Teaching Excellence: 20 Years of the Premio Compartir al Maestro
Fundación Compartir — Jan 2019 – Jul 2019
Justice Affairs Researcher
Justice Needs & Access Barriers in Bogotá
Secretaría Distrital de Seguridad, Convivencia y Justicia — Sep 2018 – Dec 2018
Awards & Recognition
Hellman Fellows Award
Lead Professor: Amy Ritterbusch
Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles — November 2020
Early Career Project in Medellín
Lead Professor: Amy Ritterbusch
Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles — January 2020
Graduate Assistant Scholar, Centro de Español
Centro de Español scholarship for 4 semesters of master's program
Universidad de los Andes — August 2014
Volunteering
Volunteer Park Ranger
Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia
July 2016 – August 2016