CARLOS ANDRES GALLEGOS R CURRICULUM VITAE [email protected] • 314 660 4144 • 7051 Tulane Ave, St. Louis, MO 63130

EDUCATION

PhD in Social Work (Candidate/ABD) Aug 2015–Present Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL), St. Louis (MO), U.S.

Master’s in Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development Jul 2012 Specialization: Society and Environment Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia

Major: B.A., Psychology Feb 2009 Minor 1: Latin American Studies Minor 2: Contemporary Arts Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito,

Official Foreign Exchange with a fellowship Aug 2004–Jul 2005 Universitat de Valencia, Valencia-Spain ______

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

International Dissertation Award $7,500, WUSTL’s Brown School 2018 Pre-doctoral fellowship $74,000 (Tuition and stipends), WUSTL’s Brown School 2015- 2019 Chancellor's Commendation Award, ANU 2012 Golden Key International Honour Society, Chapter ANU 2011-Present Cum Laude Awarded Degree, USFQ 2009 2001- 2008 Undergraduate scholarship (85% remission of tuition fees), USFQ 2005 Winner of “Espiritu Erasmus” Award, Universitat de Valencia

Others: Chancellor´s List three times and Dean´s List for one time, USFQ

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RESEARCH INTERESTS • Food-systems, agroecosystems and socioecological systems • Nutrition, health, wellbeing and environment of indigenous communities • Comparative studies of indigenous groups around the world • Public policy and the nexus between cognitions and social action • Maternal and child nutrition and health • Participative development, and project, program and public policy design and implementation • Mixed-methods evaluation • Social marketing and communications

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1 RELEVANT RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

◆ Social marketing specialist and coauthor Jan- May Brown School, WUSTL, St. Louis (MO), U.S. 2019 Supervisor: Lora Iannotti, PhD

Project: Evolutionary Nutrition Pilot: enhancing fetal growth and development (Ecuador), Financed by the Child Discovery Fund. Jun 2018- ◆ Principal Investigator (PI): Dissertation Project Present Brown School, WUSTL, St. Louis (MO), U.S. Chair: Lora Iannotti, PhD

Project: Sustainable diets for planetary health: A study of indigenous based agri-food systems in a community of the Central Highlands of Ecuador May 2017- ◆ Research Assistant and lead-author May 2018 Brown School, WUSTL, St. Louis (MO), U.S. Supervisor: Lora Iannotti, PhD

Project: Lulun II, a follow-up study of the Lulun Project and its social marketing strategy (See details below in: Research Associate, September 2014 – July 2015, p. 3).

◆ Researcher and co-author May 2017- Universidad San Francisco de Quito along with Saint Louis University May 2018 Co-researchers: Anne Sebert-Kuhlman, PhD & William F. Waters Project: A qualitative study about traditional birth attendance and intercultural health; perceptions of indigenous couples in a rural parish in Ecuador.

◆ Research Assistant and lead-author Aug 2016- Brown School of Social Work, WUSTL, St. Louis (MO), U.S. Aug 2017 Supervisors: Carolyn Lesorogol, PhD, and Lora Iannotti, PhD

Project: Reverse transition to the diet and foods of indigenous populations of the Ecuadorian highlands. ◆ Research Assistant and lead-author Jan - Brown School of Social Work, WUSTL, St. Louis (MO), U.S. May 2017 Supervisors: Lora Iannotti, PhD

Project: Social marketing for enhanced design in experimental trials. Reporting the social marketing strategy of the Lulun Project, a randomized-controlled trial (RCT) that improved the nutritional status of a sample of young children in five rural parishes of Ecuador.

◆ Research Assistant and co-author Jan 2016- Brown School of Social Work, WUSTL, St. Louis (MO), U.S. Jun 2016 Supervisor: Lora Iannotti, PhD

Project: Egg consumption to improve micronutrients status of young children. Analyzing and reporting the qualitative component of the Lulun Project, fundamentally the perceptions around eggs during the start of the complementary feeding period in infants.

2 ◆ Research Associate May 2010- Institute for Research in Health and Nutrition, USFQ, Ecuador Jul 2015 1. Project Coordinator and co-investigator, Nutritional intervention (RCT): “Lulun Project: Improving Young Child Nutrition in Ecuador”. ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02446873. Joint team: Washington University in St. Louis; Pan-American Health Organization; University of California, Davis; & University of San Francisco in Quito (September 2014 – July 2015)

2. Co-investigator: “Health Workers’ Perceptions of Traditional Beliefs and Practices around Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery, Cotopaxi , Ecuador.” Joint team: Washington University in St. Louis & University of San Francisco in Quito (August 2014 – May 2015)

3. Psychological component, biomedical research: “Lead poisoning among children due the effect of the Esmeraldas' Oil Refinery”. Joint team: University Central del Ecuador & University of San Francisco in Quito (June 2014 – December 2014)

◆ Research Fellow April 2013- HC Coombs Policy Forum, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU Nov 2013 Project: Conducting formative, summative and experimental evaluation in the HC Coombs Policy Forum. Designing and implementing a new evaluation methodology and generating evaluation capacities within the team.

◆ Research Assistant for the Yasuni-ITT Project Jun 2012- Supervisor: John Minss, PhD May 2013 Australian National Centre of Latin American Studies (ANCLAS), ANU Project: multidisciplinary research about the feasibility and replicability of the Yasuni- ITT Initiative

◆ Research Assistant Jun 2012- Supervisor: Bjoern Dressel, PhD May 2013 Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU

◆ Research Associate May2010- Institute for Research in Health and Nutrition, USFQ, Ecuador Jul 2011

1. Field Coordinator: “Evaluation of the processes and impacts of the Bilateral Program FIE (Italian- Ecuadorian Fund, acronym is in Spanish) and their 104 development projects funded by Italian Government” (January- June 2011)

2. Field Director and Coauthor: “Health impact assessment of the Hydroelectric Project in Mandariacu Valley”. Funded by the Consortium TCA (December 2010- February 2011).

3. Advisor: “Impact of maternal work in the Ecuadorian flower industry on infant development”. Implemented for the New Mexico University/USFQ and funded by the National Institutes of Health- EE.UU. (September 2010- January 2011)

4. Field Director and Coauthor: “Qualitative Research on the perception of health, wellbeing and aging among the indigenous adults of the Ecuadorian Highlands”. Sponsored

3 by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and HelpAge International (May 2010- January 2011)

◆ Planning and Evaluation Analyst, and author Aug 2009- National Secretary of Planning and Development (SENPLADES), Ecuador Apr 2010 Project: Led a national level research about feeding practices, food security, and nutritional status of Ecuadorian population, using mixed methodology approach. Assessed the survey of life conditions and consumption and designed dietary requirements for Ecuadorian.

◆ Team Coordinator, Consultancy for a Government Agency March- Aliméntate Ecuador Program, Ministry of Social and Economics Inclusion, Ecuador Jul 2009 Project: Designed all data collection methods, media, manuals and operative plans. Created a baseline of the nutritional status of 3500 children under 5 years in five of the central highland of Ecuador. Interacted with community and humanitarian leaders.

◆ Research and Training Assistant Oct 2008- Institute for Research in Health and Nutrition (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador Jun 2009 Supervisor: William F. Waters, PhD

◆ Field Director Oct 2007- Aliméntate Ecuador Program & USFQ, Quito and Pastocalle, Ecuador Jun 2008 Supervisor: Wilma Freire, PhD Project Chispaz: Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, based on micronutrients supplementation with Sprinkles

◆ Research and Teaching Assistant Feb 2006- Department of Anthropology and Archeology (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador Jun 2007 Supervisor: Florencio Delgado, PhD Designed AutoCAD diagrams for archeological sites. Supported after classes, graded assignments, administered and corrected exams. Research Assistant in several project, including “Environmental Impact Study for the Canadian Mining Company” (June, 2007).

◆ Research Assistant Jan- Harvard Medical School & USFQ, Quito and La Victoria, Ecuador Mar 2006 Supervisor: Leo Buchanan, PhD Assisted the biomedical team of a joint US/Ecuadorian Project. Helped administer neurological tests to victims of lead poisoning in La Victoria (Cotopaxi- Ecuador)

______TEACHING EXPERIENCES ◼ Adjunct Professor Jan- Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School of Social Work, WUSTL, MO, U.S. May 2018 Course: Special Topics: Human Rights Policy

◼ Teaching Assistant Aug- Dec Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School of Social Work, WUSTL, MO, U.S. 2017 Professor: David Patterson, PhD

4 Course: Community Development in Native Americans and Other Indigenous Communities

◼ Teaching Assistant Jan- Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School of Social Work, WUSTL, MO, U.S. May 2017 Professor: Steven Gunn, JD Course: American Indian Societies, Cultures and Values

◼ Teaching Assistant Aug 2016- Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School of Social Work, WUSTL, MO, U.S. Dec 2016 Professor: Sheryl Foster, PhD Course: Analysis and Evaluation of Social Policy

◼ Teaching Assistant Jan- Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School of Social Work, WUSTL, MO, U.S. May 2015 Professor: David Patterson, PhD Course: Substance and Alcohol Abuse

◼ Substitute lecturer (seven session) March 2014- Facultad Latinoamericana de Estudios Sociales (FLACSO), Quito, Ecuador May 2015 Professor: William F. Water (22 hours) Course: Qualitative Methodologies

◼ Substitute lecturer (five sessions) Feb 2014- Public Health (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador May 2015 Professor: William F. Water (15 hours) Course: Global Health

◼ High School Teacher: Psychology, Philosophy and Sociology Aug 2005- Antares High School, Quito, Ecuador July 2007 Taught 10-12th graders for two academic years. Was the school´s Model UN team coordinator until 2008. Coached the school’s 2005-2006 GeoChallenge team to a championship. Aug 2005- ◼ Teaching and Research Assistant Jun 2006 Department of Anthropology and Archeology (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador Professor: Florencio Delgado, PhD Courses: Introduction to Archeology & Andean Archeology ______

RESEARCH

Peer-Reviewed Publication: Gallegos‐Riofrío, C. A., Waters, W. F., Salvador, J. M., Carrasco, A. M., Lutter, C. K., Stewart, C. P., & Iannotti, L. L. (2018). The Lulun Project's social marketing strategy in a trial to introduce eggs during complementary feeding in Ecuador. Maternal & child nutrition, 14, e12700.

5 Waters, W. F., Gallegos, C. A., Karp, C., Lutter, C., Stewart, C., & Iannotti, L. (2018). Cracking the Egg Potential: Traditional Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in a Food-Based Nutrition Intervention in Highland Ecuador. Food and nutrition bulletin, 39(2), 206-218. Noah, K., Ayres, S., Catron, K., Delmar, M., Lucas, K. & Gallegos, C.A. (2017). Violence Against Women Act: A Gap in Protection for Children. Journal on Race, Inequality, and Social Mobility in America, 1(1), Art. 6, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7936/K77P8XT8 Iannotti, L. L., Lutter, C. K., Waters, W. F., Gallegos-Riofrío, C. A., Malo, C., Reinhart, G., ... & Aguirre, S. (2017). Eggs early in complementary feeding increase choline pathway biomarkers and DHA: a randomized controlled trial in Ecuador. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 106(6), 1482- 1489.

Iannotti, L., Lutter, C., Stewart, C., Gallegos-Riofrío, C.A, Malo, C., Reinhart, G., Palacios, A., Karp, C., Chapnick, M., Cox, K., Waters, W., (2017). Eggs early in the complementary feeding period reduces stunting in an Andean population of Ecuador: a randomized, controlled trial. Pediatrics, 140 (1), doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-3459

Gallegos, C.A., Waters, W.F. & Sebert Kuhlman, A.K., (2017). Discourse versus practice: are traditional practices and beliefs in pregnancy and childbirth included or excluded in the Ecuadorian health care system? International Health, 9 (2), 105–111, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihw053

Waters, W.F. & Gallegos, C.A. (2014). Aging, health, and identity in Ecuador´s indigenous communities, Cross-cultural Gerontology, 29 (4), 371-387

Publications under-review Gallegos, C.A., Waters, W.F. Lesorogol, C. & Iannotti, L. Food-systems of indigenous communities of the central highlands of Ecuador: a different nutrition transition. (Submitted: Journal of Peasant Studies).

Sebert-Kuhlman, A.K, Gallegos, C.A. & Waters, W. Ecuadorian health care workers' perspectives of traditional beliefs and practices during pregnancy, labour, and delivery: an exploratory, qualitative study, (Submitted: Ethnicity and Health).

Iannotti, L. L., Chapnick, M., Nicholas, J., Gallegos-Riofrio, C.A., Moreno, P., Douglas, K., Habif, D., Cui1, Y., Stewart, C., Lutter, C.K., Waters, W. F., Lulun Project II: Early complementary feeding egg intervention effect on linear growth no longer present after two years, though eggs remain protective of growth faltering, (Submitted: Journal of Nutrition).

Stewart, C. P., Young, R., Lutter, C. K., Waters, W. F., Gallegos-Riofrio, C. A., Chapnick, M., Malo, C., Aguirre, S., Sidhu, R., Kell, P., Jiang, X., Ory, D. S., Gibson, D., Powers, J. L., Iannotti, L.L. Eggs provided to infants during complementary feeding modestly increased plasma amino acid concentrations and did not affect IGF-1: the Lulun Project randomized controlled trial in Ecuador, (Submitted: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition). Nicholas, J, Douglas, K, Waters, W, Gallegos-Riofrío, C.A., Chapnick, M., Habif, D., True, S, Musonza, C., Ionnatti, L.L. Ultrasound evaluation of bone age in rural Ecuadorian children and its association with nutrition. (Submitted: Radiology)

Book:

6 Waters, W.F & Gallegos, C.A. (2012), Qualitative Research on the perception of health, wellbeing and aging among the indigenous adults of the Ecuadorian Highlands (trans,), Quito: Pan American Health Organization

Book chapter: Gallegos, C.A. & Jara, G. (2007) Mental Health: Depression in Indigenous of the rural highlands of the Andes as a social and public health problem (trans), 125- 146. In Waters, W.F. & Hamerly, M.T., editors. Ecuadorian Studies: a contribution to the discussion, Volume II, Quito: FLACSO Press

Manual: Gallegos, C.A., Waters, W.F., Salvador, J.M., Iannotti, L. L. & Chapnick M. (updated April 2018). Social Marketing: A Psychosocial Strategy for a Positive Behavioral Change. Cracking the Egg Potential: Improving Young Child Nutrition in Ecuador. Quito

Work in Progress for Publication: Gallegos, C.A., Waters, W.F., Carrasco, A. M., Iannotti, L. L. Identity, social institutions and cosmovision in the agri-food system of an indigenous community in the Andes (Intended: Social Forces).

Gallegos, C.A., Waters, W.F., Carrasco, A. M., Riofrio, L. A. Pintag, M. Iannotti, L. L. Agroecology and indigenous-based knowledge in an indigenous community in the Central Highlands of Ecuador (Intended: Human Ecology).

Gallegos, C.A., Waters, W.F., Carrasco, A. M., Riofrio, L. A. Iannotti, L. L. Reflections from the periphery: sustainable diets, resiliency and food sovereignty (Intended: Current Anthropology).

Amano, T., Gallegos, C.A. Freire, W. & Waters, W.F., Sociodemographic determinants of malnutrition among older adults: Evidence from Survey of Health, Welfare and Aging (SABE) in Ecuador, (Intended: Journal of Aging and Nutrition).

Sebert-Kuhlman, A.K, Waters, W.F. Gallegos, C.A., &… Perspectives of traditional beliefs and practices during pregnancy, labour, and delivery (Intended: Global Health).

Gallegos, C.A. & Waters, W.F., Macroevaluation for complex development programs: A mixed methodology featuring the GRADE system, (Intended: Development in Practice)

Peer-reviewed abstracts: Gallegos, C. A., Waters, W. F., Carrasco, A., Pintag, M., Caranqui, M., Riofrío, A., Caranqui, J., Chapnick, L., Iannotti, L. (2019). Connecting the Dots Between Sustainable Diets and Biocultural Systems in a Rural Indigenous Community of the Ecuadorian Andes (OR20-07-19). Current Developments in Nutrition, 3, Issue Supplement, https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz047.OR20-07-19

Gallegos, C.A. (2017). Social marketing as a means to build community engagement in nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions. International Congress of Nutrition, IUNS-ICN 21st, Buenos Aires, Argentina. http://icn2017.com/index.php?seccion=scientificArea&subSeccion=detail2Program&id=238

Palacios, A.M, Gallegos, C.A, Waters, W. F…. et al. & Iannotti, L. (2016). Egg and Dairy Consumption Were Not Associated with Allergic Reactions or Allergy-Like Symptoms in 6 to 9 Month-Old Infants from Rural Cotopaxi, Ecuador. The FASEB Journal, 30 (1), Supplement 674.13.

7 http://www.fasebj.org/content/30/1_Supplement/674.13?cited- by=yes&legid=fasebj;30/1_Supplement/674.13

Poster: Gallegos, C.A & Iannotti, L. (2018). Food Systems and Indigenous Cosmovision in Rural Communities in the Central Ecuadorian Highlands. Poster session to be presented at the Second Annual Conference on Native American Nutrition, Mdewakanton- Seeds of Native Health: A Campaign for Indigenous Nutrition and Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute (University of Minnesota), Minneapolis, MN.

Palacios, A.M, Gallegos, C.A, Waters, W. F…. et al. & Iannotti, L. (2015). Egg and Dairy Consumption Were Not Associated with Allergic Reactions or Allergy-Like Symptoms in 6 to 9 Month-Old Infants from Rural Cotopaxi, Ecuador. Program No. 674.13, Abstract No. 6426

TECHNICAL REPORTS Lutter, C. Iannotti, L, Waters, W.F. Gallegos, C.A, Stewart, G, Palacios, A.M, Celia Karp, Malo, C., C, Reinhart. (Sep, 2016). Lulun Project Report. Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization.

Gallegos, C.A. (2015). Methodological lessons: environmental lead exposure and intelligence in children. Universidad Central del Ecuador.

Waters, W.F., Gallegos, C.A. & Riofrío, A. (2011). Evaluation of the processes and impacts of the Bilateral Program FIE and their 104 development projects funded by Italian Government, trans, Italian- Ecuadorian Fund

Waters, W.F., Espinel, M., Gallegos, C.A., Morales, F. & Jaramillo, A. (2011), Health impact assessment of the Hydroelectric Project in Mandariacu Valley, trans, Consortium TCA

Gallegos, C.A. (2010). Research and evaluation on the situation of food feeding practices and nutritional status of Ecuadorian population: Building an appropriate and accepted diet, trans, SENPLADES

Gallegos, C.A. (2008). Section: Social Marketing and Field Methodology: Design and Methods developed for the fieldwork. Collaboration for the final report of the Program for the Reduction of Anemia Chispaz®

MOST RELEVANT PRESENTATIONS Gallegos, C.A. (2019, Jun). Connecting the dots between sustainable diets and biocultural systems in a rural indigenous community of the Ecuadorian Andes. Topic Area: Climate/Environment, Health, Agriculture and Improved Nutrition (CHAIN): Planetary Health. Congress of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN-2019). https://www.eventscribe.com/2019/ASN/fsPopup.asp?efp=UURQVExBSVA3OTU5&PresentationID =544974&rnd=0.4762332&mode=presinfo Gallegos, C.A. (2018, Nov). Social marketing for increasing egg consumption during complementary feeding. A case from Ecuador. Congreso de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición (SLAN-2018), Guadalajara, México. Sponsored by: Sight & Life Foundation Gallegos, C.A. (2017, Oct). Social marketing as a means to build community engagement in nutrition- sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions. International Congress of Nutrition, IUNS-ICN 21st, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sponsored by: Children's Investment Fund Foundation

8 Gallegos, C.A. (2016, Apr). A reverse transition to the traditional diet and foods of indigenous populations of the Central Highlands of Ecuador? Engaging Community: Empowering Health through Indigenous Foods Seminar, Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies and the Gephardt Institute for Civic Community Engagement, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. Waters, W.F. & Gallegos, C.A. (2016, Oct). Indigenous older adults in Ecuador: Aging, Health, Access to Services and Support Networks. Seminar, From Plan to Action for the Rights of Older Adults, Quito, Ecuador. Gallegos, C.A. (2014, Mar). Impact Evaluation in Public Health, Public Health, Symposium Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador. Gallegos, C.A. (2014, Mar). Intercultural Health Experiences in Australia, Chile and Vietnam, Symposium Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador. Gallegos, C.A. (2013, Nov). Experiences of Intercultural Health in Ecuador. Intercultural Health Seminar, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile. Gallegos, C.A. (2013, Mar). Worldview, Mobilization and Institutional Transformation: Lessons from the Indigenous Movement in Ecuador. Research Committee on Politics and Ethnicity Conference, IPSA RC14, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (http://rc14.ipsa.org/pages/Sydney-2013) Gallegos, C.A. (2013, Apr). The Economic Psychology of the Yasuni-ITT. International Workshop and Conference Assessing the feasibility and replicability of the Yasuní-ITT Initiative, Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Quito, Ecuador. Waters, W.F. & Gallegos, C.A. (2012, Oct). Health, wellbeing and aging among the indigenous adults of the Ecuadorian Highlands, Population and Ageing Committee, The Fifth Latin American Congress of Population, Montevideo, Uruguay. Gallegos, C.A. (2011, Jun). Results of the Qualitative Research on the perception of health, wellbeing and aging among the indigenous adults of the Ecuadorian Highlands, Latin American Studies Association Conference, Quito, Ecuador (https://lasa.international.pitt.edu/files/Final-MainIndex.pdf) Gallegos, C.A. (2006, Jun). Mental Health: Depression in Indigenous of the rural highlands of the Andes as a social and public health problem, Latin American Studies Association Conference, Quito, Ecuador.

Leadership:

Gallegos, C.A. 5th Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Poster Competition, Congress of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN-2019), June 8, 2019 (Third Prize). Gallegos, C.A. IPSA RC14 Research Committee on Politics and Ethnicity Conference, July 11-14, 2013: Panel Chair. Macquarie University, Sydney-Australia (http://rc14.ipsa.org/pages/Sydney-2013)

ACADEMIC AFFILIATION Research Associate, E3 Nutrition Lab, WUSTL 2018-Present Research Associate, Institute for Research in Health and Nutrition (ISYN), USFQ 2009-Present Research Associate, Center for Sociocultural Studies, USFQ 2014-Present Editorial Board, Journal on Race, Inequality, and Social Mobility, WUSTL 2017-Present PhD Fellow, Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies, WUSTL Aug 2015-Present

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP American Society for Nutrition Jan 2019-Present

9 Latin American Nutrition Association (SLAN) Aug 2017-Present

UNIVERSITY SERVICE AND INVOLVEMENT Ambassador, Social Work PhD Program, WUSTL (For the Cohorts 2017 & 2018) Pro-seminar, Social Work PhD Program, WUSTL (Fall 2015- Spring 2017) Journal Club on Race in Science, WUSTL (Fall, 2015, Spring 2016) Student Body President, USFQ (May 2003- May 2004) Member of University Judicial Board, USFQ (May 2003- May 2004) ______

COMMUNITY SERVICE (AD HONOREM)

Adviser, (United States), Aug- Dec 2016 SOLEA Water Nonprofit Organization: Designing and implementing the monitoring and evaluation system for the organization (formative and summative evaluation).

Adviser, (Ecuador), 2009- 2014 Ecuadorian Multiple Sclerosis Foundation (FUNDEM): Designer of a project that granted $30.000 from the Belgium Development Agency (Micro-Intervention Program)

Adviser, (Ecuador), Feb- May 2009 Pachakutik Party (Indigenous Political Party of Ecuador) Political Adviser for the rural representative of the Council (Riobamba)

Project Volunteer and Liaison, (Ecuador), 2006 Direct Help International (Ayuda Directa Internacional: Assisted medical doctors in a rural health program. Informed and consulted with community members

Assistant for NGO, (Ecuador), 2006 NGO Reto Rural, Sponsor by Switzerland Cooperation: Verified the proper implementation of workshops. Validated the methods of verification

Member of the Research Group, (Spain), 2004- 2005 Department of Psychobiology: Tested levels of stress by measuring corticoids and behaviors in residents of Valencia

Volunteer, (Spain), 2004 City Hall Senior Citizen Project: Assisted psychologists working with senior citizens of Valencia

Administrative Director, (Ecuador), 2000- 2003 Foundation for Children with Learning Disabilities (FESLA): Fund raising. Supported workshops. In charge of budget and activity planning. In charge of promoting a music festival that raised $15,000 for a pilot project ______

10 TRAINING FOR TEACHING • Teaching citation: demonstrated evidence-based teaching. Teaching Center, Washington University in St. Louis (Aug. 2015-May 2018). This citation required: o Complete at least 5 advanced-level Teaching Center workshops (e.g. Pedagogies in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences; Designing Effective Writing Assigments). o Complete and report on 3 semester-long teaching experiences o Write a teaching philosophy statement

ADDITIONAL TRAINING • PDC Course (Permaculture Designer Certificate). NGO Permaculture Exchange, 2013 • Master Class taught by Robert Chambers, PhD (Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex) at ANU (February, 2013). • Video Editing. Gary Kildea. Australian National University, 2012 • Filming for Research and Documentary. Gary Kildea. Australian National University, 2012 • Monitoring and Control of Social Development Projects. Ec. Julio Peñaherrera. Universidad Católica del Ecuador, 2011 • Health Communication and Social Marketing, Muhiuddin Haider, PhD. School of Public Health University of Maryland, 2009 • Designing and Evaluation in Development Projects and Programs. Will Waters, Ph. D., USFQ, 2008 • Qualitative Research. William F. Waters, PhD. Co-director IISN and Sociology Department Coordinator, 2005 ______

LANGUAGES Spanish- native speaker; English- proficient; Portuguese- intermediate-advanced speaker; Kichwa- basic

OTHER INTERESTS Former semipro adventure athlete in National and International Adventure Sports Competitions Team Captain for the University Adventure Team (2006 and 2007) UN Model participant, 1996-2000 (several recognitions) Literature and poetry (awards: 2000, 2004 and 2005) Musician: vocals, piano, electric guitar and acoustic guitar

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