Merlyn Hurtado is an award winning multi-skilled analyst with hands-on experience in designing and implementing strategies to transform realities and solve problems for the most vulnerable people. As an agricultural engineer with specialization in GIS, a Master in international cooperation, and a Master in digital science, she has the preparation to work with multidimensional challenges, applying emerging data science paying close attention to high quality research methods, and co-creating solutions with and for the users. For more than a decade, she has worked with different multilateral organizations, academies, NGO's, and social enterprises in development projects, gaining vast expertise in solutions that address community needs and sustainable development, coordination and monitoring projects based on results, applying gender equality and human rights frameworks; data collection using participatory methods and crowdsourcing data solutions; and assessing and getting insights from policies and projects using qualitative analysis, statistical methods, data analytics, and natural language processing (NLP).Most of her work has been in areas devastated by armed conflict and climate change. It has given her the strength and abilities to work in crisis situations, as well as the creativity to tailor solutions and learn rapidly, being open-minded and interacting with others.| Areas of work : International cooperation, Climate, Food systems, Livelihoods, Gender, Digital inclusion, bridge traditional Knowledge with scientific knowledge Some awards are part of her career: Award "University, Knowledge, and Agenda 2030" . Best Master Thesis in Iberoamerica 2020 for the contribution and knowledge production to Agenda 2030- Award "OpenChallenge: Crowd4SDG Winning Team 2022". Citizen science project to fill data gaps in gender and climate change
Listed skills include Microsoft Excel, Medios Sociales, Liderazgo De Equipos, Information System, and 12 others.
