• Social Innovation• Development Studies• Métodos Cualitativos de Investigación• International Cooperation

Coordinate with a multidisciplinary team of actors from the civil society, academia, public and private sectors for the design and implementation of urban interventions based in innovation, citizen participation and sustainability in order to create stronger communities.

• Manage a team of over 20 people for the implementation of municipal policies on citizen participation for decision making processes and policy design in rural contexts, mainly the allocation of local resources for public infrastructure and social projects through community assemblies• Coordinate the execution of social policy programs, projects and activities on social inclusion, health, environment, productivity, culture and security• Supervise and monitor the accomplishment of results to guarantee a participatory democracy and promote an active citizen engagement

Analysis of main variables that influence human development in Latin American and the Caribbean, with focus on vulnerable populations, from a political, economical and social perspective.

• Research on innovative financing mechanisms for conservation and strategic partners to leverage funds for the disruption of illegal wildlife trade and intelligence led law enforcement.• Assess the impact of grants on disruption of illegal trade and monitor progress.• Supervise a graduate students’ consultancy on innovative financing mechanisms.

Consultancy on the quality of research in the field of innovation, entrepreneurship and business growth, focused on the limitations to data availability and replicability of randomised controlled trials (RCTS).

• Coordinated and monitored strategic actions to achieve the goals interinstitutional action plans for the improvement of the regularisation process of informal commerce, the restoration of historic neighbourhoods, public spaces and parks, the implementation of normative for street markets and food-trucks, and the emergency response to assist earthquake victims.• Led workshops to socialise municipal action plans to community leaders and representatives • Mediated negotiations to reach agreements among community leaders and stakeholders.• Monitored the execution of municipal policies in territory offices.

• Designed a system to structure and oversee the scheduled activities of the Mayor of Quito and staff.• Coordinated and provided logistical support in events, meeting and activities with municipal agencies, state offices and members of the civil society.• Coordinated workshops to design contingency plans for natural disasters with stakeholders from the private sector. • Completed course on Gender and Political Leadership in Latin America and The Caribbean Certificate from the Organisation of American States (OAS)

• Organised conferences and workshops about human development and wellbeing policies with researchers, local authorities, civil servants and representatives of the civil society. • Drafted policy papers on wellbeing policies at a regional level and contributed to the formulation of the of the strategic plan for the Secretariat • Assisted in the production of public service announcements.

• Drafted policy papers on ‘slow tourism’ policy trends at a global level. • Produced content for communications campaign pieces and assisted in the production of public service announcements. • Organised event for the diffusion of tourism campaign. • Covered international conferences and events for internal communications. • Held correspondence with embassies, state agencies, national tourism offices, and multilateral organizations.• Provided logistical and operational support in international tourism conferences with UNWTO, OAS and UNASUR.• Provided logistical and administrative support in local and international official trips.

• Drafted briefs on policies, regulations, and local and international news. • Edited, proofread, and distributed weekly report of political and macroeconomic issues to firm’s clients.• Recorded debates from weekly roundtables of experts on current political and macroeconomic issues.• Held correspondence with embassies, state agencies, and media.