Education

Academy of Moving People and Images. Helsinki, Finland.

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Master's Degree in “Theory and Practice of Creative Documentary Making”. Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. 2017.
 

Bachelor and License’s Degree in Psychology. University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. 2016.
 

Special mention from the academic committee and recommendation for publishing the final work: “Construction of identity and collective organization in a group of transgender women sex workers: an analysis from Participatory Action Research”.
 

Exchange Student at The University of Helsinki, Finland. 2014-15.


Work Experience

-Audiovisual content of "Moving in November". The most significant contemporary dance festival in Helsinki, Finland. November 2018 and 2019.

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-Executive producer of "Harvaluoto-Fest". An independent art, theater and music festival, Harvaluoto, Finland. June-July 2018.

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-Executive producer and co-director of the theater play “preKoz-Ennen aikojaan”, Turku, Finland. March 2018.
A puppetry play about an isolated woman dealing with her irrational fears of communism and other paranoias. This play will be presented outdoors during the Harvaluoto-Fest in June-July 2018.


-Direction and original idea of the documentary “Infinite Galatea” (18’), Barcelona, Spain. 2016-2017.
A visual essay about the female body as a socially constructed discourse throughout gynecology, a science using an ideological scalpel to mold gender, sexuality and desire.

Prizes: “Gold Mikeldi Award for documentary” (5.000€) and “Spanish Cinema Great Award” (4.500€) at Zinebi, International Festival of Documentary and Short Film. Bilbao, Spain. 2017. “Special Mention from the Jury” at Documenta Madrid, International Documentary Film Festival, Madrid, Spain. 2018.

International premiere in Cartagena International Film Festival, Cartagena, Colombia.

Official selection in other festivals like: Hot Docs Canada, Mecal-pro Barcelona, International Film Festival of Uruguay, Hamburg Short Film Festival, Queer Lisboa, Museo Reina Sofia, among others.


-Broadcast scripts manager, production assistant and editor's assistant in the television series “Vicky RPM” produced by Nickelodeon (Viacom International), Miami, United States. 2017.

-Production assistant, Armstrong Films, Montezuma, Costa Rica. April 2016.
9 commercials for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.


-Director and Producer of original short documentaries
“Diseñando Chepe, apropiación del espacio urbano.”
“Transplant: mi enfermedad es mi creación artística."

“Fútbol 3”

“Transvida: de nosotrxs para nosotrxs”.


-Director of the Alliance Française film-club. 2013-2014.

Languages

Spanish: mother tongue. English: advanced. Italian: near native. French: advanced. Finnish: basic-intermediate. Catalan: basic.

Software

Professional Photography, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Ilustrador, SPSS, Atlas Ti, AVID.