Due to systems failures, we are under perpetual construction.
We’ve Co-Created Across Continents
Laos, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, The Philippines, China, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, and Argentina.
We are on a journey of living adventurously, learning independently, embracing freedom, stepping into the world with trust, contemplating profound questions, exploring magical realms, finding meaning in life, reconciling with impermanence and uncertainty of the future and recognizing that exploration can be internal as well.
Intersectional Justice
Drawing our expertise in design, anthropology, and strategic communication, we have led initiatives that confront systemic inequalities, promote female leadership, and foster civil society capacity to combat disinformation and misinformation. The projects highlighted here showcase our commitment to transformative change, driving collaborative solutions that center the voices and needs of those most affected by social and environmental injustices.
Co-Founder: Cross-Border Communication Ecosystem (Brasil, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia).
El Poder de Elegir.
April 2017 – January 2020
Was a decentralized cross-border online project which was led by women and used design and anthropology as discursive tools to build civil society capacity to mitigate and counter Dis-mis and mal information.
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Creative Director: Decentralized Media and gender Justice (Global).
Chicas Poderosas
Apr 2015 – Jan 2019
As a Creative Director at Chicas Poderosas, I specialized in multicultural team building, facilitating cross-cultural collaboration to strengthen organizational growth. I developed and delivered professional training workshops across Latin America adn Europe, fostering female leadership in journalism and empowering women through media skills development.
Human Centered Designer: Afro & Indigenous Sustainable Design Through Co-Creation (Colombia)
Marca Comunidad
Sep 2015 – Dec 2016
My work emphasizes the integration of indigenous Embera and Afro communities participation. I have helped bridge collaboration between businesses, government organizations, and local communities, focusing on biodiversity conservation and community-driven development. In projects like Nuquí, I led the creation of a logo that embodies sustainable ethno-tourism, local ecosystem management, and community-led conservation practices. I engage deeply with communities to co-create solutions, ensuring that cultural values and environmental priorities are at the forefront of every initiative.
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FPIC & Participatory Governance
We are focused on strengthening Indigenous and forest-dependent communities’ rights to self-determination, land, and natural resource governance.
Our work includes field-based facilitation, capacity-building workshops, and research on participatory governance, emphasizing the role of Indigenous-led decision-making in forest management, carbon finance, and climate resilience. By bridging traditional governance systems with global environmental frameworks, I contribute to equitable and sustainable models of land stewardship that respect Indigenous sovereignty while fostering long-term environmental protection.
Workshop Facilitator: UNDP-Government & Community Dialogues (Honduras) July- August 2025
Outreach Coordinator: Enhancing Access to Benefits While Lowering Emissions (Laos) EnAble phase 1 /2020 – 2022
Fieldwork Researcher: Innovation for Indigenous Knowledge Systems (Colombia) Nasa Kiwe 2011-2013
Capacity Development
We apply a deep understanding of how diverse identities—shaped by race, gender, culture, and social status—intersect and influence access to rights, opportunities, and resources. Through co-creative methodologies, we collaborate with Indigenous leaders, governments,NGOs and civil society to develop inclusive consultation processes, ensuring that policies, conservation initiatives, and development projects align with community priorities and cultural knowledge.
Workshops Facilitator:NGOs and Government officials. Analog Tools and basic sofware for Inclusive Communication.(Salvador, Honduras, Belize)
UNDP
I have developed and delivered a number of workshops around the world for locally-based UN officers. These involve the teaching of analog data visualization methodologies that can be applied across different low-literacy communities using familiar codes, symbols, and colors to collect qualitative and quantitative data and disseminate it back to the communities.
Co-Creator: Grassroots Communities Women-Led Narratives for Social Change. (Colombia)
El Pacífico Cuenta
May 2016 | Quibdó, Chocó, Colombia
Objective: Collaborated with Ajodeniu (a youth association for displaced individuals) to address displacement, gender, and environmental concerns in storytelling workshops.
Engaged participants in recording community stories, despite limited technological access.
Outcome: Empowered youth to view storytelling as a pathway for self-expression and social awareness, offering new perspectives on regional issues.
Nuestras voces desde el atrato medio
October 2017 | Colombia
Empowered young indigenous Embera Dóbida women (ages 15–18) to share their cultural narratives and strengthen collective memory through storytelling techniques.
Outcome: Created a reflective space where young women could document cultural history, fostering self-recognition and community resilience.
Co-Creator: Civil society Tech for Change> Design, Code, Report Hackathons (Global)
Digital Tool for Fact-Checking. Venezuela
September 2018 | Hackathon
Objective: Assisted teams in designing a prototype for a fact-checking tool to help citizens and media professionals verify information in real-time.
Achievement: Enabled cross-functional collaboration and innovative solutions to address misinformation during critical regional events.
“No Power is Above Yours” Costa Rica
March 2018 | Online Workshop
Objective: Delivered three virtual workshops on data verification ahead of Costa Rica’s presidential elections.
Impact: Enhanced fact-checking skills of participants, contributing to more informed public discourse
Inclusion, Citizenship, and Gender. Brazil
March 2018 | Hackathon
Objective: Open-door event on fact-checking and inclusion, addressing misinformation and its impact on gender and citizenship.
Achievement: Reached a diverse audience, highlighting regional challenges and promoting gender-sensitive media practices.
Research
Through immersive, community-centered research, we explore how Indigenous and forest-dependent communities perceive, feel, and relate to the world around them. Our approach is grounded in relational methodologies—listening not just to words, but to silences, stories, rituals, and landscapes. By co-learning with elders, knowledge keepers, and youth, we center ancestral memory, spiritual cosmologies, and ecological belonging as valid ways of knowing.
Independent researcher: Ethnic-Led SBCC for Wildlife Conservation (Laos)
Fieldwork Researcher: Human Resilience in Peace-building process (Colombia)
Design
From editorial publications to grassroots branding, from UI/UX to data storytelling, our practice centers the experience of people often excluded by dominant design standards. We work with communities across different levels of literacy, digital access, and cultural references, co-creating visual systems that speak in familiar metaphors, local symbols, and meaningful narratives. Our design process aims not only to inform, but to empower people to recognize themselves in the story being told.
Designer: Public Engagement Exhibits (Colombia)
Designer: Academic & Institutional Editorial (Colombia)
Designer: UI/UX Grassroots-Centered Designer (Colombia)
Co-Founder: Bridging Gaps with Digital Literacy (Brazil)
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