I was born and raised among trees and animals at the foot of the Andes.
I liked to paint, write, and climb a big walnut tree.
My early fascination with painting continued to develop, and led me to study art.
While studying art, I discovered anthropology and my interest in health and gender issues grew.
And I studied anthropology. Early in my studies, I began research in public maternity wards in the city of Santiago, which formed the basis of my undergraduate thesis.
In 2000, I participated in the “First International Conference on the Humanization of Childbirth and Birth,” in Fortaleza, Brazil. At this meeting, RELACAHUPAN – the Latin American and Caribbean Network for the Humanization of Childbirth and Birth – was founded.
Next, we founded RELACAHUPAN Chile.
And I began to participate in meetings, seminars and congresses, while working at the Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies at the University of Chile.
In 2003 I completed my Master's degree in Gender Studies at the same university. My thesis focused on the participation of fathers in the birth of their children in public maternity wards.
Thanks to a grant from the Nippon Foundation, in 2004 I was in Japan doing fieldwork in birthing centers.
And with the British Council's Chevening Scholarship, I studied an MSc in Medical Anthropology in England, where I was surprised by the
Back in Chile, I continued my work as an activist, teacher and university researcher, and began collaborating on public policies related to birth models.
And to get the issue in the press...
Together with colleagues from the social sciences, we founded Cultura Salud and later EME, organizations dedicated to research and intervention in health and gender issues.
My
se instaló en Chile, y en 2010 y 2012 nacieron nuestras hijas.
whom I met in England,
During the raising of young girls, we returned to art and I felt the need to accompany pregnancies and births more closely.
I took several courses with @almademama.cl and supported couples as a prenatal educator and doula.
In 2015 and 2016 we published and disseminated the results of a study on cesarean sections in Chile.
Since 2016 I have been part of @fundacion_ovochile
And I began to participate in various international projects, bringing the discussion of obstetric violence from the Hispanic world to the English-speaking world.
In 2016 we problematized the use of the concepts of "disrespect and abuse" in childbirth care, to suggest that it is a type of gender violence, of "obstetric violence".
In 2017 we published “The Illustrated History of a Pregnancy” .
In 2018 we published the results of the OVO survey on birth experiences in Chile.
These results were used to launch a Working Group on respectful childbirth to draft a law on the subject.
The survey analysis was made possible thanks to the volunteer work of a group of wonderful students and thesis writers!
In 2019 I did an internship with Robbie Davis-Floyd for the writing of my doctoral thesis.
That same year we founded the Chilean Network of Anthropology of Health ( @red_antroposaludchile).
2020 and 2021: Covid-19 Pandemic. At OVO Chile, we worked to ensure that rights during childbirth were respected.
2021: Change of country! To Athens, Greece.
And I got my PhD in Anthropology!
2022 and 2023: Postdoctoral fellowship, researching obstetric violence.
2023 and 2024: Results of projects on youth sexualities in Chile.
2025 began with a great gift: meeting with great mentors at the seminar “Women's Health and Reproductive Health in Chile: Past, Trajectory, Present”.
2025 began with a great gift: meeting with great mentors at the seminar “Women's Health and Reproductive Health in Chile: Past, Trajectory, Present”.
2025 began with a great gift: meeting with great mentors at the seminar “Women's Health and Reproductive Health in Chile: Past, Trajectory, Present”.
2025 began with a great gift: meeting with great mentors at the seminar “Women's Health and Reproductive Health in Chile: Past, Trajectory, Present”.