Passionate about rural development and sustainability with around 15 years of experience in civil society organizations, federal government, international cooperation, as an independent consultant and in the private sector.I have participated in rural development, conservation and research projects in ejidos and communities in Chiapas, Jalisco, Tabasco, Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Guerrero and Campeche; Likewise, I have facilitated and/or participated in workshops, seminars, and other rural development activities in Paraguay, El Salvador, Brazil, Costa Rica, and Colombia.I have collaborated with organizations such as IICA, IDB, USAID, CONABIO, CATIE, GIZ, UNDP, ECLAC, UN-HABITAT, UNESCO, among others. I have experience in accompanying small producers (peasants and fishermen), cooperatives and social economy companies, in productive activities such as coffee, cocoa, beekeeping, community based tourism and sustainable fishing.I have been a professor and academic coordinator of social entrepreneurship and food security subjects, at Tec de Monterrey and UNAD respectively.I have a degree in Communication Sciences (ITESM), with a Master's Degree in Regional Rural Development Sciences (Chapingo Autonomous University), and winner of the 2012 Arturo Warman national award for the best thesis in social sciences and humanities on topics related to the rural studies. I am currently Project Manager of IMPACT BLUE, a project development platform that connects fishermen, cooperatives, fishing companies, governments and civil society organizations (OSCs) to develop and finance fishing projects with high environmental, social and economic benefits. Through a participatory approach, IMPACT BLUE brings international experience to the development of transition plans towards sustainable fishing, the establishment of new fishing businesses and/or the strengthening of existing fishing companies. IMPACT BLUE is an initiative of Blueyou, a consortium founded in Switzerland in 2004 dedicated to the collection, manufacture and commercialization of sustainable marine products and technical support to programs to improve community coastal fishing.I currently live in Mérida, Yucatán and I am the proud father of a boy, a dog and two cats.