Staff

Adela studied her Psychology Major at Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas” (UCA). She was evolved in different social movements during her educational process, including projects related to environmental consciousness and conservation, community development, gender equality and women empowerment. She has post-graduate diplomas in Gender Equality and National Reality provided by the National University and the Lutheran University from El Salvador.

Adela is passionate about working with women, children and youth, in the past, she worked for TECHO El Salvador, a non-profit organization, as the coordinator for the Youth Leadership Program. Which worked with young women and men, building together skills, knowledge and resources, with a Human Rights focus, to improve their life quality inside urban and rural communities in El Salvador. In addition, she has also coordinated a community project call “Artesanas del Mar”, which supports social, personal and economic development of young women, from a vulnerable community, through income generating initiatives. She also helped creating a non-profit organization in El Salvador, “Fundación Artesanas”, which promotes healthy environments, using art, social entrepreneurship and psychology as the main tools to achieve women’s empowerment. It mainly seeks to offer solutions for the unequal opportunities, in terms of education, health, employment and political participation, that many women experience in the country.

She has also volunteer at the Psychological Assistance Clinic – UCA, as a psychotherapist. Where she has provided psychological therapy sessions to children, adolescents, youth and adults. At the same time, she is helping to build a web platform focus on Mental Health, providing people in El Salvador and outside of the country the opportunity to have psychological assistance online. With the main objective to democratize psychotherapy, improving its quality and making it available for more people.

Adela joined IPM in 2016 as Regional Associate for Latin America and The Caribbean, and has recently transitioned to a new role – Director of International Partnerships and Programs & Regional Director for Latin America and The Caribbean – supporting directly the work of our Project Partners around the world. She is very happy to work with IPM because she shares its work philosophy. She believes in people’s capacity to connect with each other, despite their different experiences through life, and how the union of these souls allows the creation of a solidarity network that can transform a shared reality.