As a part of my effort to live life with more and more purpose and intention, every year I dedicate some of my time to collaborate with several Non-Governmental Organizations and Communities which are aligned with my ethics and values.
I believe these organizations have an exponentially positive impact on our world, and I am proud to put my expertise at the service of supporting these groups, in order to eventually be able to live in the world we dream of.
DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL RIGHTS & WOMEN’S RIGHTS
FREE SECULAR
EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE
DEMOCRACY & TRANSPARENCY IN FINANCIAL SERVICES
ACCESSIBLE HEALTHCARE
& WELLNESS SERVICES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Education is the most valuable resource needed to build our future.
Currently, Latino Women represent both the gender and ethnicity with the lowest income rate in the Americas and Europe. In order to reduce the gender gap, I advocate for the empowerment and education of women who are working in different areas of technology, and women who are currently leaders in their organizations.
Under the outstanding direction of Liliana Reyes and Carolina Rojas, I co-direct the Department of Mentorship in the community of Más Mujeres en UX LATAM (Women in Tech Latin America).
In 2021 our team consisted of three Directors, 22 Mentors, and around 15 Stakeholders from the community. Together we provided education for 80 women. My individual contributions helped define and develop operations, documentation, analytics, and success metrics for the program.
The impact of my work over the last 2 years:
SCELP is a law firm based in South Carolina with the mission of protecting the environment.
My role was to provide leadership in Product Operations by leading a team composed of Directors, Developers, Designers, Journalists, and Lawyers. This work required me to investigate, ponder, prioritize, and redefine the information and processes of the organization, and to evaluate how these impacted the work of coworkers and stakeholders.
As a result, my team and I migrated the SCELP website to improve performance and usability, designed the bi-yearly Newsletter Magazine, redesigned the SCELP collaboration and working process, and defined a new process for the maintenance of both services.
This work, a combined effort with Lorraine Chow, has positively affected the workflow of all employees regarding in terms of how they document and share knowledge.
The SISU team offers a safe physical space where education and emotional support are provided to women who are victims of sexual trafficking in Latin America. The victims sign up for the program anonymously and of their own volition. The program grants them access to specialized social workers who provide essential services to motivate their reinsertion in society, while also helping them cope with trauma and getting them started on their journey of emotional recovery.
As part of my collaboration with Antonella Clavero, and under the direction of Lucero Olivera, we developed a three-month-long training course that provides classes on how to use tools that could help these women access jobs in tech. Some of these tools include the use of email and calendar, waterfall planning, roadmaps, basic graphic design tools, curriculum design, among others.
The Interaction Design Association (IxDA) is a member-supported organization dedicated to the discipline of interaction design, focusing specifically on interaction design issues for the practitioner, no matter their level of experience. Launched in 2003, it consists of approximately 120,000 members, and it is present in over 200 local groups.
I’ve been a member since 2014, became a Local Leader in Uruguay in 2015, and a Volunteer in Amsterdam in 2017, and New York City in 2019.
My work in this organization includes growing the community, providing a space for networking, organizing local events, motivating members in sharing knowledge and organizing workshops.
Alongside the Xmartlabs team, I was part of the design and development of an interactive experience for the TEDx Montevideo conference.
It consisted of a screen set up in the main lobby area. Based on Twitter, it would allow anyone who posted under the hashtag #TedXMontevideo or @TedXMontevideo (alongside with various possible combinations), to display said tweets on the screen.
Popular tweets, selfies, and photos would get highlighted and displayed throughout the duration of the event.
The result was visible during the event, where a playful audience uploaded content, waiting to see the result on the display.
