Experience

Protection International

• Belgium
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programme Coordinator Latin America

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  Responsibilities: - Focal point between Global Team in Brussels and local offices in Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia. - Coordination of programs/projects in Latin America to empower human rights defenders and their collectives to manage their own security and protection strategies, in cooperation with local offices. - Fundraising and management of donor relations. Highlights:Program management: Overview and monitoring of portfolio of projects specialized in protection of defenders in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia and Brazil in cooperation with local teams. Consolidation and expansion of operations: Support and follow up to the opening of offices, establishment of teams and the launch of exploratory work in new countries in Latin America. Strategic planning: Support the organization’s annual global strategic planning by overseeing the different Latin America countries’ planning and budgeting processes.



ICCO Cooperation | JOTAY Acting Together

• Program Officer

  • Apr 2017 - Sep 2018

  Responsibilities: - Management and monitoring of grants portfolio aimed to achieve youth political empowerment in Guatemala; including managing relations and providing support to nine grantee local organizations . - Institutional representation in the development of “JOTAY: Acting together” program, which is a joint initiative executed in consortium with other five international cooperation agencies in Guatemala. Highlights: Program management: Grants making and program management for 2 programs to prevent violence and empower youth in Guatemala; and support to over all program (+ Nicaragua). Partnerships: Lead the youth empowerment component of the Civic Engagement global program and act as focal point between the global and regional office, international counterparts and local partners.Strategic planning: Technical support in youth rights, gender equality and violence prevention for the joint development of the Strategic Plan for the JOTAY “Acting Together” program.



ICCO (Part of Cordaid)

• Netherlands
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Project Coordinator

  • Mar 2015 - Apr 2017

  Responsibilities: - Support program management/monitoring of grants portfolio comprising several human rights projects.- Lead fundraising efforts and program development/implementation in Central America- Promoting learning, exchanges and knowledge-sharing between grantees. Highlights:- Civic Engagement Alliance Program. Development of the Program’s Country Documents, Theories of Change and Work Plans on the issues of Youth Empowerment and Indigenous People’s territorial rights.- Dutch Human Rights Fund for Central America (DHRF). Results-based monitoring for a total of 10 partner organizations in Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua in Juvenile Justice, Indigenous Peoples, LGTBI rights, Human Rights Defenders, etc. Technical assistance to the overall PMEL- Strategy for the DHRF (24 organizations) including fundraising, linking & learning, reports, and identification of good practices and lessons learned.- Project management and fundraising. Coordinate the implementation and reporting of two projects on women and youth rights in El Salvador and in Nicaragua. Contributed to fundraise a total of 3 projects.



Fundacion Paniamor

• Consultant

  • Jul 2016 - Jul 2016

  Fundraising consultancy. Successfully led the formulation of a proposal to generate economic opportunities for young women linked to tourism in CR. Grant awarded by US Embassy Fundraising consultancy. Successfully led the formulation of a proposal to generate economic opportunities for young women linked to tourism in CR. Grant awarded by US Embassy



Fundacion Paniamor

• Advocacy Coordinator / Project Manager

  • Jul 2012 - Mar 2015

  Responsibilities:- Lead socio-political analysis and coordination of advocacy and policy dialogue initiatives. - Project management/monitoring; and fundraising aimed at international donors.Highlights:- Legal reform to ban child marriages/unions. Leadership of research process, drafting law proposal and lobby and advocacy for its final approval by Women's Commission in 2015. The reform was approved by Congress in 2016.- Incomplete Bios Campaign. Managed the advocacy strategy in the context of the Electoral Campaign 2014 in cooperation with Leo Burnett. The campaign received several national and international awards- Project management and fundraising. Development, implementation and reporting for several projects funded by UNDEF, US Embassy, Dutch Embassy, Save the Children, among others. Contributed to fundraising for a total of eight projects.



Eureka Relaciones Públicas

• Consultant

  • Feb 2012 - Jul 2012

  Technical support in advocacy campaign and engagement of online communities; and ad honorem support to the Arts for Social Inclusion Project (SIFAIS). Technical support in advocacy campaign and engagement of online communities; and ad honorem support to the Arts for Social Inclusion Project (SIFAIS).



Beca Foundation Inc

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Consultant

  • Dec 2008 - Jul 2010

  Overall technical support in the BECA scholarship program, including fundraising strategies as well as website development and content management. Overall technical support in the BECA scholarship program, including fundraising strategies as well as website development and content management.