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Team of Poderosxs<\/h1>\n


LPMP\u2019s innovative curriculum engages students\u2019 desire to transform their communities through storytelling. With over twenty art schools in Argentina, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Panama, and the United States, participants of these interventions have produced short films, ethnographic documentaries, photo essays, news reports, graffiti interventions, theater plays, and scripts.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||21px|||”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”1300px” custom_padding=”||38px|||”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/www.lapoderosa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AlejandraZambrano2.jpg” title_text=”AlejandraZambrano2″ align=”center” align_tablet=”” align_phone=”left” align_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” width=”85%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”right” max_height=”455px” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”|0px||||” module_alignment_tablet=”” module_alignment_phone=”” module_alignment_last_edited=”on|desktop”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Varela|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#e25151″ custom_margin=”||13px|-79px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_padding=”|32px||32px|false|true”]

Alejandra Zambrano<\/h1>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.6em” header_font=”Varela|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#5b5b5b” header_font_size=”54px” header_2_font=”Gafata||||||||” header_2_font_size=”60px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” text_orientation=”center” width=”100%” max_width=”2000px” max_height=”1000px” custom_margin=”|||-79px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px|30px|0px|30px|true|true” header_2_font_size_tablet=”50px” header_2_font_size_phone=”32px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off”]

Alejandra Zambrano<\/b> is Associate Professor of Literature and Creative Writing in the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities at Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ). She is interested in Latin American literatures and cultures, focusing her research on community-based arts pedagogies, the representation of Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century Andean literature, and the history of Ecuadorian children\u2019s Literature. In 2005, she founded La Poderosa Media Project. She has overseen the completion of more twenty projects in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Panam\u00e1, the Dominican Republic, and the United States. Her work has received recognition from the Dell Social Innovation Challenge, the Ecuadorian Secretary of Culture, the Ecuadorian National Film Council, Cine Las Americas Film Festival, the Center for Work and Service at Wellesley College, the Volunteer and Service Learning Center at The University of Texas, and The Huffington Post. A native of Ecuador, she studied at Wellesley College and The University of Texas at Austin, where she earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Latin American Literature and also completed a portfolio in Nonprofit Studies.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”15px|||||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” color=”#e25151″ divider_weight=”2px” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” custom_margin=”||-14px|||”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”1300px”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/www.lapoderosa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nicolas-schvarzberg.jpg” title_text=”nicolas-schvarzberg” align=”center” align_tablet=”” align_phone=”left” align_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” width=”85%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”right” max_height=”455px” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”|0px||||” hover_enabled=”0″ module_alignment_tablet=”” module_alignment_phone=”” module_alignment_last_edited=”on|desktop”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Varela|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#e25151″ custom_margin=”||13px|-79px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_padding=”|32px||32px|false|true” hover_enabled=”0″]

Nicol\u00e1s Schvarzberg<\/h1>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.6em” header_font=”Varela|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#5b5b5b” header_font_size=”54px” header_2_font=”Gafata||||||||” header_2_font_size=”60px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” text_orientation=”center” width=”100%” max_width=”2000px” max_height=”1000px” custom_margin=”|||-79px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px|30px|0px|30px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ header_2_font_size_tablet=”50px” header_2_font_size_phone=”32px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off”]

Nicol\u00e1s Schvarzberg<\/b> is a filmmaker from Universidad del Cine in Argentina and has a Master\u2019s Degree in Visual Anthropology from FLACSO-Ecuador. He is interested in exploring the self-representation of children and youth and new ways to analyze and represent cultural heritage. For over ten years, he has worked in social-impact oriented projects in different Latin American territories developing artistic methodologies in the shape of workshops, seminars, and residences. His work aims to facilitate individual and collective processes of development, boosting critical thinking, promoting empathy, creativity, and expressiveness through storytelling. Throughout his experience, he has lived and worked in many countries and varied geographies with children and youth in diverse contexts of high vulnerability such as post-earthquake disaster, socio-environmental conflicts, and migration. Nicol\u00e1s is a videographer with over thirteen years of experience, specializing in documentary and video for nonprofit organizations. He has been the film instructor of La Poderosa Media Project since 2013 and also collaborates with Ojo de Pescado, a Chilean nonprofit action platform, and Laboratorio de Ciudadan\u00eda Digital, from Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”15px|||||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” color=”#e25151″ divider_weight=”2px” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” custom_margin=”||-14px|||”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”1300px”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/www.lapoderosa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gabriela-espinoza.jpg” title_text=”gabriela-espinoza” align=”center” align_tablet=”” align_phone=”left” align_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” width=”85%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”right” max_height=”455px” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”|0px||||” hover_enabled=”0″ module_alignment_tablet=”” module_alignment_phone=”” module_alignment_last_edited=”on|desktop”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Varela|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#e25151″ custom_margin=”||13px|-79px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_padding=”|32px||32px|false|true” hover_enabled=”0″]

Gabriela Espinosa<\/h1>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.6em” header_font=”Varela|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#5b5b5b” header_font_size=”54px” header_2_font=”Gafata||||||||” header_2_font_size=”60px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” text_orientation=”center” width=”100%” max_width=”2000px” max_height=”1000px” custom_margin=”|||-79px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px|30px|0px|30px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ header_2_font_size_tablet=”50px” header_2_font_size_phone=”32px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off”]

Gabriela Espinosa<\/b> es creadora interdisciplinaria e int\u00e9rprete de las artes esc\u00e9nicas, y ejerce como artista educadora y gestora cultural en Chile y Latinoam\u00e9rica. Su pr\u00e1ctica creativa incluye expresiones del teatro, de la performance, de las danzas afrolatinoamericanas, del canto y de las artes multimediales. Ha desarrollado una carrera creativa y artivista vinculada a tem\u00e1ticas y acciones socio-pol\u00edticas. Se titula en Teatro en la Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile para luego especializarse en espacio p\u00fablico, pedagog\u00eda del oprimido, pol\u00edtica y performance, artes aplicadas a la educaci\u00f3n y gesti\u00f3n cultural comunitaria. Ha recibido becas para especializarse en diferentes pa\u00edses en seminarios y workshops vinculados al arte aplicado en las Am\u00e9ricas.\u00a0 Actualmente ejerce su pr\u00e1ctica en el norte de Chile trabajando en proyectos que vinculan arte y educaci\u00f3n, colaborando con movimientos feministas y organizaciones afrodescendientes y es la actual profesora de Teatro del \u00fanico Liceo Art\u00edstico de la Regi\u00f3n de Arica y Parinacota; es actriz del Colectivo de Artes \u201cLa Migra Teatro\u201d, Asistente en Direcci\u00f3n Esc\u00e9nica de la agrupaci\u00f3n de danza y m\u00fasica afroarique\u00f1a \u201cSabor Moreno\u201d y encargada del \u00e1rea creativa de la ONG Madre Nativa. Trabaja con \u201cLa Poderosa Media Project\u201d desde el a\u00f1o 2012 en docencia, gesti\u00f3n de programas e innovaci\u00f3n pedag\u00f3gica.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”15px|||||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” color=”#e25151″ divider_weight=”2px” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” custom_margin=”||-14px|||”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”1300px” custom_padding=”||46px|||”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/www.lapoderosa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JosephPierce.jpg” title_text=”JosephPierce” align=”center” align_tablet=”” align_phone=”left” align_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” width=”85%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”right” max_height=”455px” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”|0px||||” hover_enabled=”0″ module_alignment_tablet=”” module_alignment_phone=”” module_alignment_last_edited=”on|desktop”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Varela|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#e25151″ custom_margin=”||13px|-79px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_padding=”|32px||32px|false|true” hover_enabled=”0″]

Joseph Pierce<\/h1>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.6em” header_font=”Varela|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#5b5b5b” header_font_size=”54px” header_2_font=”Gafata||||||||” header_2_font_size=”60px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” text_orientation=”center” width=”100%” max_width=”2000px” max_height=”1000px” custom_margin=”|||-79px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px|30px|0px|30px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ header_2_font_size_tablet=”50px” header_2_font_size_phone=”32px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off”]

Joseph Pierce <\/b>is Associate Professor in the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature at Stony Brook University. His research focuses on the intersections of kinship, gender, sexuality, and race in Latin America, 19<\/span>th<\/span> century literature and culture, queer studies, Indigenous studies, and hemispheric approaches to citizenship and belonging. He is the author of <\/span>Argentine Intimacies: Queer Kinship in an Age of Splendor, 1890-1910<\/span><\/i> (SUNY Press, 2019) and co-editor of <\/span>Pol\u00edticas del amor: Derechos sexuales y escrituras disidentes en el Cono Sur<\/span><\/i> (Cuarto Propio, 2018) as well as the forthcoming special issue of <\/span>GLQ<\/span><\/i>, \u201cQueer\/Cuir Am\u00e9ricas: Translation, Decoloniality, and the Incommensurable.\u201d His work has been published recently in <\/span>Revista Hisp\u00e1nica Moderna<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Critical Ethnic Studies<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Latin American Research Review<\/span><\/i>, and <\/span>The Art Newspaper<\/span><\/i>, and has also been featured in <\/span>Indian Country Today<\/span><\/i>. Along with SJ Norman (Koori, Wiradjuri) he is co-curator of the performance series <\/span>Knowledge of Wounds<\/span><\/i>. Since 2009, he has served as Communications Director for La Poderosa Media Project. He is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”15px|||||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” color=”#e25151″ divider_weight=”2px” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” custom_margin=”||-14px|||”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”1300px” custom_padding=”||42px|||”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/www.lapoderosa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pilar-eguez.jpg” title_text=”pilar-eguez” align=”center” align_tablet=”” align_phone=”left” align_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” width=”85%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”right” max_height=”455px” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”|0px||||” hover_enabled=”0″ module_alignment_tablet=”” module_alignment_phone=”” module_alignment_last_edited=”on|desktop”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Varela|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#e25151″ custom_margin=”||13px|-79px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_padding=”|32px||32px|false|true” hover_enabled=”0″]

Pilar Eg\u00fcez Guevara<\/h1>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.6em” header_font=”Varela|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#5b5b5b” header_font_size=”54px” header_2_font=”Gafata||||||||” header_2_font_size=”60px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” text_orientation=”center” width=”100%” max_width=”2000px” max_height=”1000px” custom_margin=”|||-79px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px|30px|0px|30px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ header_2_font_size_tablet=”50px” header_2_font_size_phone=”32px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off”]

Pilar Eg\u00fcez Guevara<\/b> is an Ecuadorian cultural anthropologist, writer and filmmaker who specializes in food, culture, conflict and health. She holds a PhD in cultural anthropology from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. She has worked directly with communities for over 15 years on research and community-based projects in Argentina, Cuba, Ecuador, and the United States. Her most recent work has focused on amplifying the voices of older men and women who are the bearers of traditional knowledge surrounding food and medicine in the coast of Ecuador. <\/span>In 2012, she co-founded and currently directs Comidas que Curan, an independent education initiative and film distributor dedicated to research and promote traditional foods and knowledge through ethnography and film. She most recently directed and produced<\/span> Raspando coco<\/span><\/a> (Scraping Coconuts) an award-winning documentary about the culinary and medicinal traditions of Afro-Ecuadorians. She is also a certified conflict mediator, coach and teaches non-violent communication internationally.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”15px|||||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” color=”#e25151″ divider_weight=”2px” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” custom_margin=”||-14px|||”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”1300px” custom_padding=”||32px|||”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/www.lapoderosa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/diego-mosquera.jpg” title_text=”diego-mosquera” align=”center” align_tablet=”” align_phone=”left” align_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” width=”85%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”right” max_height=”455px” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”|0px||||” hover_enabled=”0″ module_alignment_tablet=”” module_alignment_phone=”” module_alignment_last_edited=”on|desktop”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Varela|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#e25151″ custom_margin=”||13px|-79px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_padding=”|32px||32px|false|true” hover_enabled=”0″]

Diego Mosquera<\/h1>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.6em” header_font=”Varela|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#5b5b5b” header_font_size=”54px” header_2_font=”Gafata||||||||” header_2_font_size=”60px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” text_orientation=”center” width=”100%” max_width=”2000px” max_height=”1000px” custom_margin=”|||-79px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px|30px|0px|30px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ header_2_font_size_tablet=”50px” header_2_font_size_phone=”32px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off”]

Diego Mosquera<\/b> is an ecologist and wildlife photographer from Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) where he earned a Master\u2019s degree in Geographic Information Systems. He has worked in different protected areas of Ecuador and, since 2005, works at Tiputini Biodiversity Station (TBS), a biological field station located within Yasun\u00ed National Park.\u00a0 At Tiputini, Diego leads the \u201cProyecto C\u00e1maras\u201d, a long-term non-invasive monitoring program using camera traps to determine occurrence, distribution, and relative abundance of large terrestrial mammals and birds in Yasuni\u2019s lowland rainforest. He is particularly interested in the ecology, diversity, and behavior of mammals \u2014especially felids like jaguars and ocelots\u2014 and in the relationships that influence the composition of animal communities. Diego has used the camera trap footage to write scientific publications demonstrating the incredible biodiversity of the Amazon region. He is frequently interviewed about his research and has been featured in VICE\u2019s \u201cHumans of the Year\u201d series about the people building a better future for everyone. Diego also has embraced drone technology, exploring applications for ecological awareness and conservation.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”15px|||||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” color=”#e25151″ divider_weight=”2px” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” custom_margin=”||-14px|||”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”1300px”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/www.lapoderosa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/NatachaPoggio.jpg” title_text=”NatachaPoggio” align=”center” align_tablet=”” align_phone=”left” align_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” width=”85%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”right” max_height=”455px” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”|0px||||” hover_enabled=”0″ module_alignment_tablet=”” module_alignment_phone=”” module_alignment_last_edited=”on|desktop”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Varela|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#e25151″ custom_margin=”||13px|-79px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_padding=”|32px||32px|false|true” hover_enabled=”0″]

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Natacha Poggio<\/b> is a social impact design educator at the University of Houston-Downtown, in the United States, where she hopes to inspire more socially responsible citizens in the world. A TEDx speaker and presenter at international conferences, Natacha travels the globe advocating the value of design for social change.\u00a0 In 2008, Natacha founded Design Global Change \u2014 a collaborative of creatives contributing solutions to the challenges facing society. With two decades of professional practice, Natacha focuses on designing human-centered solutions to address problems in global health, sustainability, and social justice. Her work has reached hundreds of communities in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and also has garnered recognition, most notably as a two-time recipient of the Sappi \u201cIdeas that Matter\u201d award. Since 2011, she has been on the Winterhouse Institute Advisory Council (working on the teaching and practice of social innovation design in higher education). Natacha also shares her passion for design judging competitions; contributing to books and publications on social impact design, global health, and sustainability.\u00a0 A citizen of the world, Natacha is originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”31px||0px|||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”15px|||||” custom_margin=”|auto|55px|auto||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” color=”#e25151″ divider_weight=”2px” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” custom_margin=”||-14px|||”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”35px||251px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ title_text=”La Poderosa Bahia 2013″ background_image=”http:\/\/www.lapoderosa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/La-Poderosa-Bahia-2013.jpg”][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#2b2b2b” global_module=”6952″ saved_tabs=”all”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”4″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”1160px”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/www.lapoderosa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/logo_blanco_laponderosa.png” title_text=”logo_blanco_laponderosa” _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Varela||||||||” text_text_color=”#a5a5a5″ text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.3em”]

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