About me
I have significant practical experience implementing and managing development programs, as I designed and implemented the 1st female entrepreneurship program targeted to beneficiaries of Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) in the Dominican Republic: SUPEREmprendedoras. Further, I was a leading negotiator of the Paris Agreement, being Co-Chair of an Informal Working Group on Gender and acting G77+ China Coordinator on issues related to Education and Climate Change, worked in the diplomatic service of the Dominican Republic to the United Kingdom, assisting in the development of bilateral agreements and as a political liaison to the British Parliament and Non-Governmental Organizations.
I've worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at Georgetown University, as an Adjunct Professor at Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) and Barna Management School, teaching to the Business and Administration cohorts (BBA) in English.
Currently, I work with multilateral development banks on issues related to Sustainable Finance, Climate Change and Sustainable Development. In the past, I've worked for UNFPA designing monitoring and evaluation systems to implement a national policies to prevent teenage pregnancies and child marriage. I've also worked for IDB Invest in the evaluation of green finance operations (2022-2023), at the Superintendency of Banks of the Dominican Republic, where I led the design of the 1st Strategic Plan that considered sustainability and diversity practices into its operational reform (2020-2022). Prior, I worked for the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) in modernization efforts to facilitate Transparency, Digital Transformation and an improved Civil Service in the Dominican Republic, with the Organization of American States (OAS) and with the World Bank's Development Impact Evaluation Unit (DIME - 2018 -2020).
I've worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at Georgetown University, as an Adjunct Professor at Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) and Barna Management School, teaching to the Business and Administration cohorts (BBA) in English.
Currently, I work with multilateral development banks on issues related to Sustainable Finance, Climate Change and Sustainable Development. In the past, I've worked for UNFPA designing monitoring and evaluation systems to implement a national policies to prevent teenage pregnancies and child marriage. I've also worked for IDB Invest in the evaluation of green finance operations (2022-2023), at the Superintendency of Banks of the Dominican Republic, where I led the design of the 1st Strategic Plan that considered sustainability and diversity practices into its operational reform (2020-2022). Prior, I worked for the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) in modernization efforts to facilitate Transparency, Digital Transformation and an improved Civil Service in the Dominican Republic, with the Organization of American States (OAS) and with the World Bank's Development Impact Evaluation Unit (DIME - 2018 -2020).
In my spare time, I volunteer for causes I believe can make the world a better place. I was a Commissioner for the Commission on Latino Community Development of the Mayor's Office in Washington, D.C. through which I assisted and represented the needs of the Latin community in the area (2019-2022). Other notable volunteer positions: former Vice-President of the Latin American Policy Association (LAPA 2018) at Georgetown University, Hult Alumni Executive Board (2017-2019), President of Hult's Model United Nations Society (2010-2011), London International Model United Nations (2010-2013), Heads of States (HoS) section at Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (2011), Founder of Women's Empowerment Program I am Woman presented at Clinton Global Initiative for Universities (CGIU 2011-2012), Service for Peace (2009) and volunteer of the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic (UNA-DR | 2009 - current).