Research: Territories as spaces of memory preservation and transmission among Kaqchikel and K’iche’ indigenous communities in Guatemala: an intergenerational ethnographic study
PhD candidate in Peace Studies at Sapienza University of Rome (Curriculum 6: Space, territories, resources and narratives in the perspective of peace). Her research focuses on the preservation and transmission of memory in Kaqchikel and K’iche’ Indigenous communities in Guatemala through intergenerational ethnographic approaches.
She holds a BA in Tourism and Local Community Studies (University of Milano-Bicocca) and an MA with honors in Pedagogical Sciences (University of Bergamo), with interdisciplinary training in education, social development and anthropology research-action.
Her experience includes a year of Universal Civil Service in Ecuador (CESC Project), working on children’s rights, family support, and community work in rural and Indigenous Andean communities, and participation in the Civil Peace Corps program in Guatemala (CIPSI), focused on peace education, nonviolence, adult literacy, and community-based memory projects.
She is a member of Azione Comune di Pace (ACP), an Italian association promoting a culture of peace and active in national peacebuilding networks.