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I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Law, Societies, & Justice at the University of Washington, Seattle. At UW, I am also a faculty affiliate of the Science, Technology, & Society Studies (STSS) Faculty Network, the Center for Environmental Politics, the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE), and Society + Technology at UW.

I am a researcher and educator focused on the intersection of critical environmental social sciences, science and technology studies, and socio-legal studies. My work examines how technologies, measurements, classifications, and legal practices shape how polluted and extractive environments are understood, governed, and contested in Colombia and Latin America. I use interpretive and qualitative methods, combining interviews and archival research with analysis of legal and policy texts.

My current research includes projects on the environmental history of gold mining in late-20th-century Colombia and the datafication of extractive landscapes. I am currently working on a book manuscript on the history and politics of mercury amalgamation in gold mining in the Colombian Andes. My work has appeared in Geoforum, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Ambix, International Negotiation, Triología: Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad, and Revista de Derecho Publico, as well as in several edited volumes. It has been funded by the Fulbright Program, UC Berkeley's Center for Latin American Studies, the Alejandro Angel Escobar Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education. 

I teach courses on environmental justice, global environmental politics, and the socio-political dimensions of science, technology, and data. I have taught introductory courses on social sciences to STEM majors and law students, as well as professional certificate programs in environmental law and policy. 

As part of my public scholarship, I have consulted for various research centers and environmental nonprofit institutions in Colombia and collaborated with various Indigenous and human rights organizations in Colombia, Peru, and Brazil. I serve on the board of the Colombia-based nonprofit Center for Marine Justice and previously worked as the Research Director for Environmental Justice at Dejusticia.

In 2022, I completed a Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management with an emphasis on Society and Environment at the University of California, Berkeley. I also hold degrees in Geography and Law from the Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia. 

Before joining UW, I was a Gerardo Marin Postdoctoral Fellow and an assistant professor in the University of San Francisco's Global Studies Department. 

 Photo: Rainforest in Taraira's goldfields, Northeastern Colombian Amazon (2013)