Policy Lead in Gender & Data

• Jan 2023 - Present

Senior Consultant

• Aug 2022 - Present

Since 2012, I have been working as an international consultant giving technical and political advisory to national and local governments, civil society organizations, foundations and academic entities in more than ten countries in Latin America to strengthen their governance and frameworks in open government, open data, civic space and peace building. Relevant consultancies: - Design and development of the Strategic Plan to institutionalize Open Government in Chile. Inter-American Development Bank, 2022 - 2023. - Technical assistance for the analysis of political and socioeconomic trends and social conflict dynamics in Costa Rica. United Nations Resident Coordinator Office, 2022. - Strategy & Implementation of the Inter-American Program of Open Data Against Corruption in Panamá. Trust for the Americas, 2022. - Designing and co-creation of the Strategic Plan of Acceso Foundation. Acceso Foundation, 2022. - Political, social and economic context in Costa Rica during the pandemic. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2021. - Open Government Action Plans for Local Governments. Trust for the Americas, 2021 - Water Governance in Costa Rica: An integrated, open and participatory management. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2021. - Open State National Strategy in Colombia. CAF, 2018 - Political Incidence Strategy. MarViva Foundation, 2013 - Junior Investigator: "Democratic institutions in Costa Rica". State of the Nation Program, 2012 Show less

Program Development Manager in Civic Rights in the Digital Age

• Jan 2019 - Aug 2022

Regional Manager in Open Contracting for Latin America

• Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

Consultant in Open State and Accountability

• May 2018 - Dec 2018

Deputy Minister of Citizen Dialogue and Political Affairs

• May 2014 - May 2018

The youngest Deputy Minister of the Solís - Rivera Administration. In coordination of three areas: 1. The citizen dialogue with different stakeholders, local communities and indigenous territories along the country to co-create public policies and crisis management, which made us the Government with the most important decrease in social conflicts since 1992. 2. The indigenous peoples policies which implies the co-creation process of the General Mechanism for Indigenous Consultation, recognized by the UN for being the first co-creation process to implement the 169 ILO Convention. 3. The Open Government agenda implying the co-creation and implementation of the National Action Plans, Access to Information and Open Data Decrees; preside the Open Government and Open Data National Committees; be the official representative at UN, OAS, OECD, Open Data Charter and other multilateral initiatives in the region. Milestones & Publications: - Twenty-Second Report on the State of the Nation shows a decrease in social conflict in the country: http://bit.ly/2jgiWwv - 70 institutions of the Executive Branch increased their rating in the 2017 Public Sector Transparency Index: http://bit.ly/2wuf51P - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recognizes Costa Rica as the first Open State initiative worldwide: http://bit.ly/2gwurwm - Costa Rica achieved its best position in the Corruption Perception Index: https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2017 - The United Nations System recognizes the General Mechanism for Consultation of Indigenous Peoples of Costa Rica, as the first in Latin America to be co-created under the standards of "consultation of the consultation": http://www.oacnudh.org/costa-rica-firma-mecanismo-general-de-consulta-a-pueblos-indigenas/ - Costa Rica is co-leader in Latin America in the Open Government Index: http://gobierno.cr/costa-rica-es-colider-de-america-latina-en-indice-de-gobierno-abierto/ Show less

Legislative Advisor

• Jun 2013 - Feb 2014

Legal Assistant

• Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

Asistente legal en derecho penal. Asistente legal en derecho penal.