About Me

I’m a Colombian, researcher, social designer, mother, artist, activist, lover. The order changes with the day.

Bogotá, Colombia, where I grew up. San Francisco, USA, where I learned English. Bengbu, China, where I studied for 2 years. And Amsterdam, the Netherlands, since 2018. Each of these places opened my curiosity to plurality: the immensity of ways to see and understand the world, including the ways that have been erased and silenced. Yet our humanity is shared, wherever we are. Both run through everything I make.

I started as an artist. For 10 years I worked in art and film. I co-founded the mural studio MUR and painted 100+ walls in Colombia and Europe. I worked in the art department of Netflix’s Narcos, and I art-directed films at Story Collective in Amsterdam.

Then I wanted the people in front of the wall to hold the brush. In 2021 I ran my first participatory project, De Wilde Vlechters, with asylum seekers in Amsterdam Nieuw-West. In 2026 I graduated with an MA in Social Design from Design Academy Eindhoven.

Today I do all three: research, participatory design and art. I lead workshops at STRAAT Museum and co-run Samen Koken, a cooking project with women from the asylum centre in Zaandam. My graduation installation, Sensing-Thinking the WE, is at Dutch Design Week this October.

IN SHORT

Education: MA Social Design, Design Academy Eindhoven, 2024 to 2026. Business and Product Design, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, Bengbu, 2013 to 2015. BA Fine Arts, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, 2009 to 2013.
Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent), Dutch (B2) Chinese (basic)
Based in: Amsterdam.