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Anthropologist (BA, MA) and Global Health Researcher (MSc) with over a decade of experience in Participatory Action Research (PAR) with marginalized communities in Colombia. Focused on diversity and social justice, she collaborates with activists and grassroots organizations to develop research and interventions that influence public policy and ensure health and wellbeing. Her research spans various topics, including traditional medicine and gender, commodification of indigenous spirituality, drug use and harm reduction, sex work and stigma, health access for LGBTIQ populations, decolonization of humanitarian action and the NGO industrial complex. With a PAR approach, most of her research involves the tailoring of methodologies to the needs and formats of communities to ensure participation and dissemination, prioritizing the use of audiovisual tools, participatory strategies, ethnography, and social cartography techniques.

As part of her PhD research, her current work emphasizes collectivizing health strategies, including a collaboration with trans human rights defenders and collective mental healthcare in Colombia, and a case in Argentina focused on collective care and community clinics for trans populations. 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

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