Professional credentials: human rights and social issues
- 2015 to 2024: International Secretariat of Amnesty International, Americas. Mexico Researcher, (2015 – 2019); Regional Researcher, (2019 – 2024)
- Author of twelve Amnesty International reports, including Who Called the Shots? Chain of Command Responsibility for Killings and Injuries in Protests in Peru; Surviving Death: Police and Military Torture in Mexico; Facing Walls: USA and Mexico´s violations of the Rights of Asylum seekers; The Cost of Curing: Health Workers’ Rights in the Americas during COVID-19 and beyond.
- 2012 to 2014: Teaching Academic and PhD Candidate, Australian Centre for Latin American Studies, Australian National University
- 2011 and 2012: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Mexico City. Member of the Legal Analysis Unit
- 2009 and 2010: British Embassy, Mexico City, Programme Manager, Strategic Programme Fund (human rights, climate change, rule of law, economic reform)
- 2007 to 2009: Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center (Centro Prodh), Mexico City, Coordinator, International Relations Area
- 2005 and 2006: Oaktree. (Formerly the Oaktree Foundation), Australia. National Advocacy and Campaigns Team Leader
- 2001 to 2006: Turner Freeman Lawyers, Sydney. Legal court filing and research assistant.
Professional credentials in translations, English teaching and editing
- Subtitle Translator: Deluxe – Creation to Distribution Company: Hired and trained as freelancer for Subtitles for world´s largest media distribution company with clients such as Netflix and Amazon, 2022.
- English As A Foreign Language Teacher | Convérsate En Inglés – Mexico. English teacher to multiple professionals in private sector companies: 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2022.
- Colegio Anglo-Americano, Mexico | 2007. English and social studies at Secondary School – Colegio Anglo-Americano – Huixquilucan
Other translating and editing experience
- Formal letters and advocacy recommendations (to diplomats, legislatures, governments)
- Academic articles (translation of technical and thesis articles on criminal justice and other issues)
- Translation (Spanish to English) of published reports by WOLA (Washington Office on Latin America), Amnesty International, Centro Prodh and others.
Education
- 2014: Achieved PhD Candidate level at Australian National University, achieving High Distinction for Research Proposal and having completed coursework and extensive fieldwork
- 2012: Graduate Diploma on Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
- 2009: Diploma in Human Rights and Access to Justice at la Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
- 2007: Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with Honours from Macquarie University, Sydney. Focus on International Law, International Organizations and Human Rights. Final semester by exchange at La Universidad de la Salle, Mexico City.
- Completed 2004: Bachelor of Arts (Humanities – Anthropology), Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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