Work Experience
September 2015 to date
International Consultant: Design and facilitation of Participatory Processes; Monitoring, Evaluation and training plans and systems; Capacity building, training and workshops; Impact Pathways; Knowledge Management; Social Network Analysis. Materials and online platform design for capacity building in M&E, Theory of Change. Experiences with documentation and capitalization, reflection and learning processes and evaluations of capacity building. Leadership and participation in local stakeholder processes, groups and projects for environmental protection and water and land use. Experience with several national (Colombia) and international projects (CIAT (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical), other CGIAR centers and programs (CIMMYT, CIP, IWMI), The Nature Conservancy, CLEAR LAC (Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results), IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development), Fundación Si Mujer, HortEco- Wageningen University (WUR), Audubon, Calidris, DapaViva, others)
September 2013 to September 2014 Cali, Colombia
CIAT (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical), Palmira.
M&E Officer in the Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) Program.
Leading and facilitating the design and implementation of a monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) system. Contributing in Knowledge management activities in the center such as the design and facilitation of stakeholder engagement processes for collaborative research. Providing capacity building in M&E and results-based management to staff. Producing publications, reports and documentation of best practices. Contributing to the design and implementation of MEL systems in 2 CGIAR Programs.
February 2010 to September 2013 Cali, Colombia
CIAT, Palmira.
Consultant, Capacity Strengthening and Knowledge Sharing Platform.
Research and mainstreaming monitoring and evaluation practices, contributing to the facilitation and development of thematic capacity building platforms in LAC, Social Network Analysis, Social Networks research, facilitation of Participatory Workshops, facilitation of collaborative project planning processes.
October 2004 to 2011 Cali, Colombia
Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF), based at CIAT, Palmira.
Consultant, CPWF Impact Assessment Project and Innovations and Impact Phase 2
Research and mainstreaming impact orientation in R4D programs and projects, development of Impact Assessment Methodologies, Social Network Analysis, Social Networks research, facilitation of Participatory Workshops. Student researcher- development of research project ‘Visualizing Social Networks and Strengthening Social Capital: Developing a Prototype Tool’
December 1998 to June 2003 Tucson, Arizona
United States District Court, District of Arizona
Spanish English Interpreter- Simultaneous, Consecutive and Sight Interpretation and Translations for Court Proceedings.
Contracting Interpreter- Simultaneous, Consecutive and Sight Interpretation and Translations for Court Proceedings and Conferences.
· Development of Participatory MEL systems for environmental, natural resources and agriculture projects.
· M&E Consultancy work on MEL systems and platforms, projects lessons learnt, Lead and facilitate the design and implementation of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) systems for various Research for Development (R4D) international programs and projects.
· Capacity development in M&E, Social Network Analysis (SNA).
· Development of specialized publications, materials, online platforms and training workshops in the topics of Impact Pathways, Theory of Change (TOC), and M&E. Co-developer of the PIPA Methodology.
· Materials development and trainer for the PRIME project of
· Editor and author in KM4Dev LAC Issue (2014) and publication of various Capacity Building Modules.
· Development and facilitation of the Monitoring and Evaluation system for the CPWF Projects in Basins and related materials.
· Collection, analysis and reflection on data regarding Social Networks, R4D projects, capacity building and adoption of innovations.
· Facilitation (English and Spanish), design and planning of participatory workshops.
· Research Project realized as SCD thesis in CIAT, Palmira, Colombia, during years 2004 and 2005. Development of a tool and training for small rural community groups to use in participatorily mapping and analyzing their social networks.
· Design of a fundraising for NGO strategy. Fundraising work as a part of the Volunteer Grupo de Gestión for the non-profit Foundation Forming Futures in Cali, Colombia. 2005.
· Design of an Avian Research Project as a Multi-faceted Community Tool and a Sustainable Organic Gardening Project for application in the community of Dapa, Valle. 2003-2005.