Academic & research experience
The United States Institute of Peace, United States
Researcher, M&E Nonviolent Action in Latin America, August 2023 – Present
- Creation of datasets on protests in Colombia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Bolivia with Dr. Consuelo Amat – Johns Hopkins University using AI and text analysis.
- Collection and Analysis of 2100 monthly surveys for participants of SNAP training, 75 surveys for facilitators of SNAP, 35-50 in-depth interviews for participants, and text analysis.
- Web scraping and NLP analysis of Twitter and Facebook of nonviolent groups.
The United States Institute of Peace, United States
Researcher, M&E Citizen Security Dialogue Activity in Colombia, April 2021 – August 2022
- Creation of study on justice and security in Colombia with Dr. Louis-Alexandre Berg – Georgia State University
- Led research, collection, and analysis of 5975 monthly surveys in war municipalities, 180 semi-structured interviews, 169 police surveys, 2000 probabilistic surveys, and extensive fieldwork.
Center for Research and Popular Education, CINEP, Colombia
Research Assistant, Peacebuilding, and Dialogue, Negotiation and Mediation, September 2015 – April 2021
- Creation of datasets on peace in Colombia – daily peace data in Colombia (noncontentious actions) – 3500 entries
- Creation of Monitoring System of Dialogue and Negotiation Processes in Colombia (2018-2020)
- Analysis and special reports, Interviews, surveys, focus groups, ethnography, and extensive fieldwork.
National Police of Colombia, University EAFIT, Colombia
Instructor, 2020-2021
- Diplomat Certificate Short Course: Communitarian Dialogue as a Transformation of Social Conflicts
Los Andes University, Department of Economics, Colombia
Faculty of Economics / Teaching Assistant, January 2012 – June 2014
- Undergraduate Courses: History of Economic Thought; Colombian Economic History
- Graduate Courses: Experimental History Workshop; MA Class in Economics
Center on Economic Development Studies (CEDE), University of Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
Research Assistant, August 2012 – April 2013
- Supported Book: “Monetary Ideas in the XIX Century, Colombia”. University Los Andes
- Collected historical documents, General Archive of the Nation. University Los Andes
Professional experience
Nonviolent Action, USIP (U.S. Institute of Peace), United States
Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant, August 2023-Present
- Development and support of M&E of SNAP training in Bolivia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Colombia
Citizen Security Dialogues, USIP (U.S. Institute of Peace), Bogotá, Colombia
Senior Project Officer & Researcher, April 2021-August 2022
- Coordinated research activities of M&E, quantitative analysis, and probabilistic and snowball surveys with Dr. Louis-Alexandre Berg, Coordinated dialogue activities and capacity building. Supervisor: Maria Antonia Montes.
Center for Research and Popular Education, Bogotá, Colombia
Head – Mediation Support Team & Researcher, September 2015- April 2021
- Served as Principal Researcher / Head of Mediation Team
- Designed and implemented dialogue and negotiation strategies with diversity groups, including the National Police
- Conducted interviews, focal groups, and workshops.