EDUCATION
January/Enero 2021 - September/Septiembre 2025
PHD GEOGRAPHY, MCGILL UNIVERSITY
DOCTORADO EN GEOGRAFÍA, UNIVERSIDAD MCGILL
September/Septiembre 2018 - December/Diciembre 2020
M.SC. IN GEOGRAPHY (THESIS), MCGILL UNIVERSITY
M.SC. EN GEOGRAFÍA (TESIS), UNIVERSIDAD MCGILL
September/Septiembre 2014 - December/Diciembre 2017
B.SC. BIOLOGY, BIOMED & LIFE SCIENCES - ECOLOGY FOCUS, HONOURS, FIRST CLASS
LICENCIADA EN CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS, CON ESPECIALIZACION EN ECOLOGIA Y HONORES EN CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
RESEARCH FUNDING
May 2022 - April 2025
VANIER CANADA GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPÂ - SSHRC
Offered to doctoral students who have demonstrated strong leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and engineering, and health. Vanier CGS 2022 Scholars
$50,000 CAD/year
January 2021 - January 2025
DOCTORAL RESEARCH GRANT (B2X)
Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Nature et Technologies (FRQNT)
$21,000 CAD/year (Terminated upon reception of Vanier Scholarship)
September 2018 - May 2020
MASTER'S RESEARCH GRANT (B1X)
Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Nature et Technologies (FRQNT)
$17,500 CAD/year ($5,800 awarded in combination with SSHRC)
CANADA GRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP - MASTER'S PROGRAM
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
$21,500 CAD/year
May 2017 - August 2017
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD (USRA)
​Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
$4500 CAD
Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Nature et Technologies (FRQNT)
$2000 CAD (Supplement)
EMPLOYMENT
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
October 2025 -
Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain.
VISITING RESEARCHER
June - August 2025
Visiting researcher hosted by the Conservation Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University, Berlin.
May - October 2023
Visiting researcher hosted by the Institute of Regional Ecology (IER) at Tucuman National University, Tucuman.
March - June 2022
Visiting researcher hosted by the Conservation Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University, Berlin.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
July 2020 - December 2021
Socio-ecological resilience in the face of global environmental change in heterogenous landscapes - Building a platform for understanding and action. Project lead: Dr. Sandra Díaz.
MCGILL SUSTAINABILITY SYSTEMS INITIATIVE (MSSI), LANDSCAPE SCHOLAR
September 2018 - July 2020
Trade and Ecosystem Services research project, under the general research theme “Sustainable Landscapes for the Future”.
Funded by the McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI).
REGIONAL PROGRAMS COORDINATOR, CANADA OFFICE MANAGER
QUEBEC LABRADOR FOUNDATION
January 2018 - July 2018
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Organization and coordination of youth leadership programs and community-based conservation initiatives in Eastern Canada
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QLF office management (Montreal, QC) including financial reports, office internship coordination, and communications
RESEARCH AND FIELD ASSISTANT, NSERC LAKE PULSE NETWORK
May 2017 - August 2017
Supervised by Lake Pulse Network lead, Prof. Yannick Huot, University of Sherbrooke (CAD)
Funding: National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Award​
CONFERENCES / CONFERENCIAS
Global Land Program - 5th Open Science Meeting
Pathways to Sustainable and Just Land Systems
November 2024
Oaxaca, Mexico​​
Full presentation: Beyond the deforestation front - Unveiling land control dynamics in emerging agricultural frontiers​
May 2024
Cuartel de Ballajá & el Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico
​Full presentation: Beyond the deforestation front - Unveiling land control dynamics in emerging agricultural frontiers​
March 2023
Panel Discussant: Activism and ideological challenges in the field​
Panel presentation:
Navigating (conflicting) commitments: Becoming a scholar-activist​​​
Coyunturas históricas de la (re)producción de la riqueza y acumulación de la tierra en América Latina: 1860-1930 y 1980-2020
March 2023
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla– Puebla, Mexico
Presentation title: El cultivo de la soja y las estrategias de control de la tierra en las fronteras agropecuarias del Gran Chaco​
August 2021
Alambrado: Midiendo las crecientes restricciones al acceso para pequeños productores en el Chaco argentino​
Presenter in the session: "Land Uses in the Chaco: State of the Art and Future Prospects, from a Socio-Ecosystemic View"
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June 2019
Institute of Regional Ecology (IER) – Tucuman University
Presentation title: Fences, demarcations, and deforestation: Assessing changes in campesino resource access in the Tucuman-Santiago agricultural frontier
AWARDS
Currently or recently held
GLP EARLY CAREER NETWORK SMALL SEED AWARD 2025
Global Land Programme (GLP)
To support ongoing or emerging projects led by early career researchers and practitioners who are tackling land systems science challenges.
Funds to be used to execute the 2026 edition of the Sinking Roots primary school workshop program in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
$970 USD, June 2025
TALENT AWARD NOMINEE, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA (SSHRC)
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, McGill University
McGill University nominates a single individual, annually, who maintains academic excellence, has a talent for research and knowledge mobilization, and has demonstrated clear potential to be a future leader within and/or outside the academic sector.
March 2025
ALEXANDRA IRWIN COWIE FELLOWSHIP
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, McGill University
Awarded to outstanding graduate students engaged in interdisciplinary environmental science research within the Faculty of Science and working under the supervision of a member of the Bieler School of Environment.
$6,000 CAD, February 2025
GRADUATE MOBILITY AWARD
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, McGill University
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Funding awarded for fieldwork conducted in Northern Argentina: $4,040 CAD, May-October 2023
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Fundings awarded for a research stay with the Conservation Biogeography and the Earth Observation Labs at Humboldt University, Berlin: $4,200 CAD, January-April 2022
RATHLYN FIELDWORK AWARD
Rathlyn Foundation, Internal - Department of Geography, McGill University
Fundings awarded to support fieldwork.
$8,000 CAD, May-October 2023
PROFESSOR EMERITUS BEN GARNIER FELLOWSHIP
To support outstanding PhD students in the Department of Geography whose thesis topic reflects the interests of Professor Garnier in the relationship between humans and the climate system and the physical environment.
$4,500 CAD, October 2022
WOLFE FELLOWSHIPS IN SCIENCE AND TECH LITERACY
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, McGill University
For advancing understanding of key scientific and technological concepts and examining the relationships among science, technology, and a broad range of social, ethical, political, and economic issues, practices and conditions.
$6,000 CAD, November 2020
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
GEOGRAPHY GRADUATE SOCIETY (GGS), MCGILL UNIVERSITY
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CO-PRESIDENT, May 2020 - May 2022
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CHAIR, MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE, September 2019 - September 2020
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VICE-PRESIDENT SOCIAL AFFAIRS, September 2019 - April 2020
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SUSTAINABILITY REPRESENTATIVE, September 2018 - September 2019
MCGILL SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM (SSR)
LOGISTICS COORDINATOR
September 2018 - January 2019
MCGILL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY GREEN COMMITTEE
UNDERGRADUATE SUSTAINABILITY REPRESENTATIVE
September 2014 - August 2015
MCGILL BIOLOGY STUDENT UNION (MBSU)
VICE PRESIDENT OF SUSTAINABILITY
September 2014 - August 2015
CAMPUS POTAGER
PRESS SECRETARY AND VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
May 2015 - June 2016
Urban Gardening Initiative, Concordia Food Coalition (CFC) - Concordia University