I have 16 years of experience leading multisector teams through the full cycle of community-based projects and capacity-building programs. As an architect and urban planner, I combine research and design to build collaborations among diverse stakeholders aimed at improving both our environments and our relationship with them.
I have always worked with and for historically oppressed groups in Latin America and the US. Because I prioritize finding an effective solution for each context, I am medium-agnostic, sometimes creating a cellphone-based program or a digital campaign, other times designing public spaces, street furniture, or storytelling.
In 2013, I co-founded Sustrato, a Mexico-based nonprofit that coaches community leaders as design thinkers, able to transform challenges into local improvements.