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I Believe, I Learn-I Unlearn, I Listen

Work Approaches

Four beliefs that guide the way I work.

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Decolonial Communication

I explore design and communication as spaces for questioning colonial structures of knowledge and opening up possibilities for other ways of thinking, creating, and inhabiting the world.

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Affective Pedagogies

I develop learning spaces where emotions, the body, and experience are central to the construction of knowledge.

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Collective Creation

I work through collaborative processes where design is understood as a relational practice, built together with others.

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Collective Creation

I work through collaborative processes where design is understood as a relational practice, built together with others.

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4to Encuentro Matronxs: Nuestro saber cuida

2026 Conference: The Past, Present, and Future of Caribbean Food Systems

​2026 Pastel Festival: Pital de Megua

​Traditional Market: Sabores y Saberes

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Centro Interactivo Sabores y Saberes

Participatory Action Research with the Corporación Sabores & Saberes

​We co-create with those who preserve the knowledge of their territory.

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4to Encuentro Matronxs: Nuestro saber cuida

Meeting 2026: Past, present and future of Caribbean food systems

Festival del Pastel 2026: Pital de Megua

Market of Tradition: Sabores y Saberes

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Centro Interactivo Sabores y Saberes

Participatory action research with the Corporación Sabores & Saberes 

We co-create with those who safeguard the knowledge of their territory.

​A research project that is taking shape through the efforts of many people.

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For three days, in Pital de Megua, we met to collectively reflect on the challenges of Caribbean food systems, recognizing the problems that affect them, the relationships between their actors, and the value of traditional knowledge.

2026 Conference: The Past, Present, and Future of Caribbean Food Systems.

An investigation that is being cooked up by many hands.

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Meeting 2026:
Past, present and future of Caribbean food systems.

For three days, in Pital de Megua, we met to collectively reflect on the challenges of Caribbean food systems, recognizing the problems that affect them, the relationships between their actors, and the value of traditional knowledge.

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Let's imagine together the futures of our food systems!

A space to recognize the value of our traditions, reflect on the present and imagine new ways of cultivating, feeding ourselves and caring for our territory.

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Food needs care. So do we. Between the seed, the harvest, the hearth, and the heart, the wisdom of the matronxs sustains the life of their communities. We gathered in Pital de Megua, Baranoa, to ask a simple yet profound question: How do we care for those who care for us?

4to Encuentro Matronxs: 
Nuestro saber cuida



4to Encuentro Matronxs: 
Nuestro saber cuida

Food needs care. So do we. Between the seed, the harvest, the hearth, and the heart, the wisdom of the matronxs sustains the life of their communities. We gathered in Pital de Megua, Baranoa, to ask a simple yet profound question: How do we care for those who care for us?

Take the knowledge from the 4th Encuentro Matronxs with you!

Download the fanzine from the meeting and revisit the conversations, reflections and learnings we shared about food, care and the knowledge of our communities.

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For three days, in Pital de Megua, we met to collectively reflect on the challenges of Caribbean food systems, recognizing the problems that affect them, the relationships between their actors, and the value of traditional knowledge.

2026 Conference: The Past, Present, and Future of Caribbean Food Systems.



Festival del pastel 2026:
Pital de Megua

Through the Pitalero Passport, we invite people to explore, discover, and connect with the richness of Pital, participating in activities that recognize the value of the matronas and the knowledge embodied in each recipe. Each stop was an opportunity to connect with their roots and remember that behind every pastry there is a story, a family, and a community that keeps its heritage alive.

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Take a little piece of Pital with you!

Download the fanzine from the meeting and revisit the conversations, reflections and learnings we shared about food, care and the knowledge of our communities.

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Let's collaborate together · Let's collaborate together · Let's collaborate together · Let's collaborate together ·

Let's collaborate together · Let's collaborate together · Let's collaborate together · Let's collaborate together · 

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