Professional experience
August 2018 – Present, Research Assistant. GF Strong Rehabilitation Research Lab, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada.
Feb 2019-July 2019, Graduate Academic Assistant. Physics and Astronomy Education Research, (PHASER) group. University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada.
Sep 2018-Apr 2019, Graduate Academic Assistant. First Nations & Indigenous Studies, University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada.
September 2016 – August 2018, Qualitative Data Analysis Graduate Assistant. Walter C. Koerner Library, University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada.
September 2014 – March 2016, Graduate Academic Assistant for NVivo support. Walter C. Koerner Library, University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada.
April 2016 – June 2016, Visiting Scholar, Indigenous Studies Institute, University of La Frontera. Temuco, Chile.
November 2009 – July 2010, Research Assistant. Forest Institute of Chile (INFOR) Diaguita Office. La Serena, Chile.
January 2009 – February 2009, Ranger. Quebrada de Macul Park, Municipality of Peñalolén. Santiago, Chile.
July 2008 – August 2008, Research Assistant. University of Chile, Forest Resources Management Department. Santiago, Chile.
January 2008 – February 2008, Internship. NGO Foresters for the Development of the native forests of southern Chile (AIFBN). Valdivia, Chile.
March 2007 – August 2007, Research Assistant. University of Chile & INDAP. Native Forest characterization of two Indigenous communities from Lonquimay and Melipeuco, Chile.
Teaching experience
November 2020, Guest lecturer. Social Science Research Methods for Forestry and Conservation (CONS 528). Faculty of Forestry, UBC.
November 2019, Guest lecturer. Social Science Research Methods for Forestry and Conservation (CONS 528). Faculty of Forestry, UBC.
February 2019, Guest lecturer. Social Movements in the Americas (GEOG 495).
Department of Geography, UBC (February 27th, 2019).
February 2019, Guest lecturer. Topics in Applied Anthropology (ANTH 409A).
Department of Anthropology, UBC (February 6th, 2019).
November 2018, Guest lecturer. Social Science Research Methods for Forestry and Conservation (FRST 528). Faculty of Forestry, UBC.
September 2018, Guest lecturer. Qualitative Data Analysis in Sociology (SOCI 515). Department of Sociology, UBC.
September 2018-December 2018, Teaching assistant. Social Science Research Methods for Forestry and Conservation (FRST 528), Faculty of Forestry, UBC.
March 2018, Guest lecturer. International Forestry (FRST 439), Faculty of Forestry, UBC.
March 2018, Guest lecturer. An Introduction to Latin America’s Changing Cultural Landscapes. (GEOG 395). Department of Geography, UBC.
March 2018, Guest lecturer. Aboriginal Forestry (CONS 370), Faculty of Forestry, UBC.
January 2018- April 2018, Teaching assistant. Aboriginal Forestry (CONS 370), Faculty of Forestry, UBC. Vancouver, BC.
November 2017, Guest lecturer. Social Science Research Methods for Forestry and Conservation (FRST 528). Faculty of Forestry, UBC. Vancouver, BC.
September 2017 – December 2017, Teaching assistant. Social Science Research Methods for Forestry and Conservation (FRST 528). Instructor: Shannon Hagerman, Assistant Professor. Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry, UBC. Vancouver, BC.
January 2017 – April 2017, Teaching assistant. Aboriginal Forestry (CONS 370). Instructor: Andrea Lyall, RPF, Sessional Lecturer. Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry, UBC. Vancouver, BC.
January 2017, Guest lecturer. Aboriginal Forestry (CONS 370), January 26th. Faculty of Forestry, UBC. Vancouver, Canada. Title of presentation: “Forestry in Chile: the case of Mapuche communities and transnational forest companies”
September 2016 – August 2018, NVivo instructor. Research Commons, Walter C. Koerner Library, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Title of the Workshops: “Getting started with NVivo” and “NVivo: Classifications and datasets”
November 2016, Guest lecturer. Social Science Research Methods for Forestry and Conservation (FRST 528), November 9th. Faculty of Forestry, UBC. Vancouver, Canada. Title of presentation: “Analysis in Qualitative Inquiry Workshop: Getting started with NVivo”
September 2016 – December 2016, Teaching assistant. Social Science Research Methods for Forestry and Conservation (FRST 528). Instructor: Shannon Hagerman, Assistant Professor. Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry, UBC. Vancouver, BC.
February 2015 – March 2016, NVivo instructor. Research Commons, Walter C. Koerner Library, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Title of the Workshop: “NVivo: Classifications and datasets”
January 2015 – March 2016, NVivo instructor. Research Commons, Walter C. Koerner Library, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Title of the Workshop: “Getting started with NVivo”
February 2016, Guest lecturer. International Forestry (FRST 439), February 23rd. Faculty of Forestry, UBC. Vancouver, Canada. Title of presentation: “Community forestry in Chile”
April 2015, NVivo instructor. Research Commons, Walter C. Koerner Library, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Title of the Workshop: “NVivo: Visualizations and matrices”
March 2015, Guest lecturer. International Forestry (FRST 439), March 10th. Faculty of Forestry, UBC. Vancouver, Canada. Title of presentation: “Forestry in Chile: The case of Mapuche communities and transnational forest companies”
January 2014 – April 2014, Teaching assistant. Aboriginal Forestry (CONS 370). Instructor: Andrea Lyall, RPF, Sessional Lecturer. Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry, UBC. Vancouver, BC.
January 2014, Guest lecturer. Aboriginal Forestry (CONS 370), January 23rd. Faculty of Forestry, UBC. Vancouver, Canada. Title of presentation: “Indigenous knowledge, climate change and forest management: The Nisga’a Nation approach”
January 2013 – April 2013, Teaching assistant. Aboriginal Forestry (CONS 370). Instructor: Andrea Lyall, RPF, Sessional Lecturer. Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry, UBC. Vancouver, BC.
January 2013, Guest lecturer. Aboriginal Forestry (CONS 370), January 24th. Faculty of Forestry, UBC. Vancouver, Canada.Title of presentation: “Climate change: Learning from traditional ecological knowledge”
Volunteering experience
Mar 2018-Present, Member of Compensation Commission. Chilean Networks Association (ReCh)
Mar 2018-Feb 2020, Director of Strategy and Planning. The Network of Chile-Canada Research.
Mar-Sept 2019, Co-Coordinator. The 7th Annual Colloquium of Chilean Researchers in Canada (Redicec). Vancouver, Canada.
May-Aug 2018, IT Support and web manager. 3rd Series of Redicec-Chile Global Webinars.
Mar-Nov 2018, Co-Coordinator. The 6th Annual Colloquium of Chilean Researchers in Canada (Redicec). Ottawa, Canada.
Mar-Sept 2017, General co-Coordinator. The 5th Annual Colloquium of Chilean Researchers in Canada (Redicec). Vancouver, Canada.
Mar 2016-Feb 2018, Finance Director. The Network of Chilean Researchers in Canada.
Mar 2016-Jan 2017, IT Support and web manager. Organizing committee of the 4th Colloquium of Chilean Researchers in Canada, Montreal. Canada.
Mar-Aug 2015, Organizing committee member in “Voices from all around”, a community-led initiative funded by the University Neighborhood Association (UNA), Vancouver. Canada.
Oct- Nov 2015, Organizing committee member for the first UNA Guys’ Night, University Neighborhood Association (UNA), Vancouver. Canada.
Mar-Aug 2015, Project coordinator in “Soccer for Dads”, a community-led initiative funded by the University Neighborhood Association (UNA), Vancouver. Canada.
Jan-Sep 2015, Fundraising team. Organizing committee of the “People of the Land: Dialogue series with the Mapuche Territorial Alliance”, Vancouver. Canada.
Jan-Oct 2014, Fundraising team. Organizing committee of the 2nd Colloquium of Chilean Researchers in Canada, Vancouver. Canada.