Destination Nature is a USAID Activity that aims to promote biodiversity conservation, climate mitigation, and community well-being by strengthening governance and developing the nature tourism market in Colombia, with a regenerative approach.- Leading a team of six people distributed between the central office in Bogotá and three regional offices, responsible for all processes related to MEL (Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning), environmental compliance, and CLA (Collaborating… Show more Destination Nature is a USAID Activity that aims to promote biodiversity conservation, climate mitigation, and community well-being by strengthening governance and developing the nature tourism market in Colombia, with a regenerative approach.- Leading a team of six people distributed between the central office in Bogotá and three regional offices, responsible for all processes related to MEL (Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning), environmental compliance, and CLA (Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting) for the Activity.- Responsible for designing and implementing the program's MEL and CLA frameworks, managing information flows, and maintaining data validity.- Technically supervising the Gender Equity, Youth, and Social Inclusion (GEYSI) strategy and the social and behavioral change (SBC) initiatives within the Activity Show less

- Providing comprehensive technical direction, ensuring overall work quality and offering guidance and support to the team in implementing innovative waste management technologies and practices.- Leading the implementation of cutting-edge waste management technologies, driving circular solutions that promote soil regeneration and climate action.- Overseeing the development and optimization of organic waste management systems, integrating principles of circularity, sustainability, and… Show more - Providing comprehensive technical direction, ensuring overall work quality and offering guidance and support to the team in implementing innovative waste management technologies and practices.- Leading the implementation of cutting-edge waste management technologies, driving circular solutions that promote soil regeneration and climate action.- Overseeing the development and optimization of organic waste management systems, integrating principles of circularity, sustainability, and regeneration into all processes. Show less

- Designed and facilitated mentoring and coaching activities for teams participating in a global public innovation capacity building program for cities, focusing on sustainability and circular waste management topics.- Provided personalized advisory services to high-level official teams from the Mayor's Offices of Medellín (Colombia) and Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic).

Innpactia is a social enterprise whose purpose is to transform the impact financing system by democratizing access to training and funds.- Lead the structuring and implementation of strategic projects to enable the creation of a matchmaking system between impact-driven projects, funding organizations, and capacity-building providers. - Coordinated a team of four and managed its relationships with internal and external stakeholders. - Oversaw the process to identify and secure… Show more Innpactia is a social enterprise whose purpose is to transform the impact financing system by democratizing access to training and funds.- Lead the structuring and implementation of strategic projects to enable the creation of a matchmaking system between impact-driven projects, funding organizations, and capacity-building providers. - Coordinated a team of four and managed its relationships with internal and external stakeholders. - Oversaw the process to identify and secure funding opportunities for Innpactia (grants and impact investment). Show less

- Supported city teams in their planning, application, and project development processes for the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Mayors Challenge 2021.- Provided specialized support to the Tunja (Colombia) team in a 4-month program to strengthen their understanding of the problem, design and execute prototype tests, and configure implementation at scale (problem area: solid waste management / circular economy).

- Led the design and implementation of two ‘Citizen Culture’ strategies to promote social change initiatives in the environmental and public space fields. - Responsible for the technical design of a scholarship that supports eight citizen-led initiatives striving to inspire change for the circular economy in the city, working together with local waste-pickers and artists.- Led participatory projects for identifying, understanding and acting upon cultural factors that shape citizens’… Show more - Led the design and implementation of two ‘Citizen Culture’ strategies to promote social change initiatives in the environmental and public space fields. - Responsible for the technical design of a scholarship that supports eight citizen-led initiatives striving to inspire change for the circular economy in the city, working together with local waste-pickers and artists.- Led participatory projects for identifying, understanding and acting upon cultural factors that shape citizens’ relations with the environment and public space. Show less

- Contributed to the design of the methodological framework for LAB FUTUROS, a citizen lab that seeks to strengthen democratic participation in the construction of preferable futures.- Explored futures design approaches to create conversation and participation spaces on issues related to quality of life.

- Lead the creation of a social purpose organization with the mission of connecting people and businesses with the impact and value of their "trash".- Supported by the Founder Institute Program in Bogotá (Fall 2019).

- Lead the consolidation of a multidisciplinary team dedicated to enabling and integrating capacities for public innovation in Colombia.- Manage innovation exercises such as pilot projects, prototypes and interventions, exploring various approaches and tools to experiment in response to public challenges.- Collaborate in the development of strategies to strengthen the public innovation ecosystem, including the formulation of a chapter of the National Development Plan 2018-2022.

- Build an organization dedicated to bridging gaps between research and practice in the field of public policy, using design approaches with open science principles.

- Collaborate in the design of a workshop on open data, multimedia and interactivity in research production and communication.- Collect and analyze qualitative data on ecovillages and Brazilian rural communities (assentamentos), as part of a research project on sustainability and agrarian reform.

- Produce a literature review document and gather data on ‘citizen culture’ initiatives during the administrations of Antanas Mockus in Bogotá, Colombia, as input for the WDR 2015.

- Developed and conducted a participatory training on social norms theory and social change, directed to grass-root level NGOs promoting women’s rights in East Africa.

- Apply quantitative and qualitative tools (including surveys, interviews, and focus groups) as input for planning and evaluating social change projects.- Support a nationwide project to diagnose and transform organizational culture dimensions and industrial safety practices in a population of 40,000 workers.

- Coordinate the production and promotion of the School's printed and online communication materials, including two peer-reviewed academic publications and a new website.- Support student learning processes in various courses at the School.

- Produce a research report on interdisciplinary undergraduate curricula as a reference for academic reform initiatives.- Support the Dean's office in administrative tasks.