I am from San Juan de Lurigancho, a working-class district in Lima, Peru. My neighborhood was a challenging place to grow up—yet being from San Juan is a foundational aspect of the person I have become. I am part of a small group of young girls that had the opportunity to attend a Fe y Alegria School, an alternative education project built to give high-quality educations in poor areas of Peru. This experience changed my life and altered the course of my future.
After graduation, I earned a full scholarship to study political science at the University Ruiz de Montoya in Peru. Since then, I have participated in different programs and fellowships like the Professional Fellow Program of the U.S. Department of State in Environmental Issues, and Georgetown University’s Global Competitiveness Leadership Program. In 2018, I earned the Sardon Glass Fellowship to study the Master of Arts in International Relations at Syracuse University. In 2024, I was selected for the inaugural cohort of the Boundless Fellowship, a two-year program for environmental leaders dedicated to protecting the most vital ecosystems in the Americas.
In 2016, I co-founded the website Malquerida, an award-winning virtual journalism project that empowers Peruvian women to share their stories and research. The following year, I joined Chicas Poderosas, a global community promoting female leadership and producing knowledge to shape the future of media. Currently, I am developing a personal interdisciplinary media project exploring queerness and immigration in the United States.