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DisLocal & Universite Val-de-Seine Paris
DISLOCALDisLocal & Universite Val-de-Seine Paris
Apr. 2024 - Aug. 2024Paris, Île-de-France, FranceDelivered a workshop to architecture students at a Bachelors level on social inclusion, sociology and anthropology methods, as a precursor to architecture design that was delivered on site with a site analysis in La Marais, Paris. The purpose was to fully explore how Cesure site for the old university building can be repurposed for greater social equity outcomes. The innovation was to build upon the perspective of two female architects, one female anthropologist and another female sociologist along with community input, interviews, archival documentation of the site to develop a new project for 2025 onward.
DisLocal & Harvard University Graduate School of Design
DISLOCALDisLocal & Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Apr. 2023 - Apr. 2023Cambridge, England, United KingdomOffered a MasterClass to the Master of Architecture, Master in Landscape Urbanism, Master of Urban Planning and Design on Radical Pedagogy whereby DisLocal introduced its pedagogy as its being implemented through out the globe. Invited as KeyNote Speaker along with Architect Luciano Landaeta, we prepared several presentations with dynamic visualizations to showcase how DisLocal thought leadership as innovated by Marcos Coronel, Rodrigo Marin, Ricardo Sanz and myself and showcased innovation in pedagogy on how to experiment with the built environment in response to policy needs in global municipal scenarios and informal sector communities. Our program initiated several partnership negotiations with other Harvard University partners.
DisLocal & Washington University Saint Louis Architecture and informal Cities
DISLOCALDisLocal & Washington University Saint Louis Architecture and informal Cities
Nov. 2022 - Dec. 2023Workshop and KeyNote Speaker on governance, digital financial inclusion, urban planning and international development in University of Washington Informal Cities Workshop training for Masters Level Students
DisLocal with University of Moron of Argentina’s School of Architecture and Design
DISLOCALDisLocal with University of Moron of Argentina’s School of Architecture and Design
Sep. 2021 - Sep. 2022Remote
DisLocal & University Central de Venezuela Architecture and Urbanism
DISLOCALDisLocal & University Central de Venezuela Architecture and Urbanism
Jan. 2021
Executive Director
DISLOCALExecutive Director
Nov. 2020• Leads initiatives in architecture, design, and policy interventions to empower disenfranchised communities through the built environment. • Develops programs for professional upgrading and urban-rural development, focusing on poverty alleviation and social status enhancement. • Collaborates with multi-scalar stakeholders to create innovative solutions for sustainable urban development and holistic design approaches.
Global Housing Platform Specialist
IFC - International Finance CorporationGlobal Housing Platform Specialist
Jul. 2019 - Oct. 2019Washington, United StatesThe client was IFC’s housing department where my skills were to deliver a global housing platform as a pilot of capacity building, consulting, learning curriculum, for land developers in Mexico, South Africa and Côte d’Ivoire.
Knowledge Management Specialist
The World BankKnowledge Management Specialist
Jul. 2018 - Jun. 2024Washington DCCreated learning designs for the organizations’ energy, housing, financial inclusion, guarantee private investment structures, environment, resilience, education, blue bonds, forest investment funds, climate investment funds, within structured knowledge management delivery of products that included: knowledge syntheses of key projects, interdisciplinary thinking woven with thought leadership to position each unit in a stronger position to work acros disciplines with tools such as spatial analytics using STATA and economics for policy building, among many other tools such as presentations, talking points, event Planning, coordination of project cycle deliveries, operational work, diplomacy and evaluations.
International Development Specialist
The World BankInternational Development Specialist
Jan. 2017
Development Specialist
The World BankDevelopment Specialist
Jan. 2017Washington D.C. Metro AreaAdvisory Services
Development Specialist
The World BankDevelopment Specialist
Jan. 2017 - Jul. 2024Washington D.C. Metro AreaSummary: Working on environmental policies and projects at The World Bank in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region with a focus on Argentina, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, and Colombia within the operations of the World Bank. In addition, developing and analyzing the implementation of a range of environmental policy options as they relate to green growth, carbon markets, and climate finance. -- Building the business case for relevant urban, environmental and socially sustainable projects. -- Exploring ways to develop scenario analyses to help build business relevant projects that align with sustainability, forestry, urban, rural and regional approaches with holistic interventions and economic/social analyses. -- Enhancing the East and South Africa Global Practice Education programs at the PhD level for the improvement of science, technology, and innovation. -- Improving the conditions of cities in managing climate change effects with a combination of policy tools that benefit their livelihoods. Past 2017-2018: -- Analyzed the monitoring & result evaluations, investment plans, and the overall data (collected vis-a-vis primary documentation) regarding Phase I and II country participants of the Forest Investment Program (a financial instrument under the Climate Investment Funds Administrative Unit). -- Built a policy toolkit for the WBG WACA Team, using regional and urban policy implementation tools to enhance partnerships across the region under the GEF framework. -- Curated a podcast with strategic writing on urban development topics in a uniquely new targeted communication channel at WBG.
Community Manager
URB.im of Ford FoundationCommunity Manager
Apr. 2015Write articles as a journalist for Urb.im webzine. It serves as an opportunity to share urban success stories from across the globe, with analyses of city development.
Founder - Executive Director - Owner
Urban Elements FoundationFounder - Executive Director - Owner
Apr. 2014DC, NY, USA; Caracas, Venezuela; San Jose, Costa Rica; Mexico City, MexicoThe foundation works in 4 Latin American countries and USA (Colombia [TBD], Costa Rica, Venezuela, Peru), in the Global North (New York, Washington D.C., London) in order to enhance the lives of people through social and environmental sustainable practices in the built construction of infrastructure, affordable housing, and city systems using a landscape approach and sustainable development methods. We work with the World Bank, IADB and IFC to develop a strategic approach in upgrading vis-a-vis incentivizing credits and local banking the access of materials that are primarily local and native to each locale. Through built retrofitted solutions, UEF promotes a parallel focus on social capital enhancement. The effect is to bridge the gap between design interventions and economic growth as well as development agenda set by and through international bank development aid agendas (anchored in the SDGs17) and funds (IADB, CAF, WBG etc). See: www.urban-elements.org
Harvard Research Fellow
Harvard University Exuma For Sustainable LivingHarvard Research Fellow
Feb. 2014 - Sep. 2014Harvard UniversityThis multi-year ecological planning project was a collaboration between the Government of The Bahamas, the Bahamas National Trust, and Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD). The goal was to facilitate the design and management of a more sustainable future for the Exuma archipelago and The Bahamas more generally. The project had two parallel and mutually informing components: research and education that led to its land use plan. - Composed all the research related to land management issues from a legal framework perspective, policy conflicts in its implementation, financial analyses as well as economic development. - Interconnected the theory and practice between the aforementioned components to work on informing development proposals as well as building capabilities for local empowerment. - Focused on fieldwork including participation in daily routines that created a better understanding of local issues particularly across Exuma and more generally across The Bahamas. - Assisted and actively proposed designed and imagined projects that had the potential for a long-term spatial and economic impact, while assisting in the development an action plan and its implementation (land usage, land development land management).
Barr Fellow- Transportation
Northeastern UniversityBarr Fellow- Transportation
Sep. 2013 - Feb. 2014Greater Boston Area-- Co-authored, with two senior researchers from the Resiliency Lab at Northeastern University, a 40,000 grant to conduct a scan on district-level sustainability in North America.
Sustainability Researcher
Dukakis Center Urban and Regional Policy- Resilient Cities LabSustainability Researcher
Apr. 2013 - Feb. 2014BostonUrban Development Research Assistant Barr Foundation Fellowship - Stephanie Pollack and South East Asia Book from the Department Chair - Undertook analysis of transport-related research regarding funding campaigns effects on transportation- related improved circulation - Carried out research of South East Asian Real Estate Development Trends and the Boeing Kak development project
Honors Fellow -  Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure
Harvard University Graduate School of DesignHonors Fellow - Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure
Mar. 2013 - Jun. 2016InternationalIndependent international development consultant for the "Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure" at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design (GSD) lab, researching infrastructure projects in Latin America under the most rigorous evaluation in terms of sustainability. The Zofnass for Sustainable Infrastructure guided the Inter-American Bank (IADB) for sustainable engineering, construction, processes in the Private and Public-private sector of Latin America. As a fellow I worked at Harvard GSD at the research and writing position to promote a more balanced way of developing sustainability, working along with the IADB Cities Sustainable Program in the development of improved urban planning, renewable energy infrastructure, and green growth. Specifics: - Used creativity to motivate strategic actors for capacity building opportunities to thrive throughout inter-organizational partnerships. - Wrote a series of four published reports by Harvard Press, analyzing the level of sustainability. We used Envision and its very thorough and rigorous rating system.
Sociologist/Urban Analyst
Urban-Think TankSociologist/Urban Analyst
Jan. 2011 - Aug. 2011Caracas, VenezuelaUrban Social Scientist Researcher under Alfredo Brillembourg.

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