Coordination team
Mayca Balaguer
Ejecutive Director
Mayca Balaguer
Mayca is a lawyer (UNC), Master in Procedural Law (UES21) and has a University Diploma in the Rights of Children and Adolescents (UNC) and a Diploma in Gender Studies, women’s movement and politics in Latin America (UBA).
She works as a trial lawyer at the Juana Azurduy Law Firm. She is a member of the National Campaign for Legal, Safe and Free Abortion. She has been a volunteer for more than 15 years at AFS Intercultural Programs Argentina & Uruguay.
She has been part of Fundeps since 2015, beginning her journey as a volunteer for the Gender and Sexual Diversity team. From 2018 to 2023, she served as Coordinator of that area and the Legal Affairs Area, assuming the Executive Directorship in January 2024.
maycabalaguer@fundeps.org
Eliana Juncos
Vicedirector
Eliana Juncos
Eliana has a degree in Social Communication with institutional orientation, graduated from the National University of Córdoba (UNC). She has complemented his training with two specializations in Communication for Civil Society Organizations, at the Universidad Austral and the Universidad Católica Argentina. In addition, has given numerous workshops and training on the subject.
She is Director of her Strategic Communication Agency, dedicated to communication management for various organizations and companies, offering innovative and effective solutions for their needs. She was also trained in the organization of sustainable events, non-verbal behavior, ontological and ceremonial coaching and protocol.
Since 2015 it has been part of Fundeps. She was Communication Coordinator until 2021 and since then she has been Vice Director.
elianajuncos@fundeps.org
Luz Baretta
Coordinator - Legal Affairs
Luz Baretta
Luz is a lawyer graduated from the National University of Córdoba and a notary student at the same University. She has a diploma in Contracts (UAN) and Ecofeminisms (Ecohouse – UBA), and has multiple trainings in gender, violence and law.
She is a professor at the Provincial University of Córdoba and has been part of interdisciplinary research, covering the legal perspective.
Since 2020 she has been a member of the Legal Affairs Area of Fundeps and is currently the Coordinator.
Luzbaretta@fundeps.org
Paula Hernandez
Coordinator - Institutional Communication
Paula Hernandez
Paula is a journalist and holds a degree in Social Communication from the National University of Córdoba. She completed a Master’s in Interactive Digital Communication at the National University of Rosario and a diploma in Political Advocacy at the National University of Villa María.
She was the General Director of Press and Communication at the Ministry of Women, Genders, and Diversity of the Nation. She was also part of the communication team at the Ministry of Human Development of Córdoba.
As a journalist, she worked for 15 years at Radio Nacional Córdoba and wrote for print and digital media. She worked on collaborative journalistic productions and public interest campaigns related to gender, diversity, and human rights.
She is part of a federal network of journalists that develops strategic communication and public advocacy actions in sexual and reproductive rights.
She is currently the Communication Area Coordinator.
paula.hernandez@fundeps.org
Gonzalo Roza
Coordinator - Global Governance
Gonzalo Roza
Gonzalo has a degree in International Relations from the Siglo 21 University of Córdoba and has a Diploma in Entrepreneurship Management and a MOOC course in Development Project Management.
He joined Fundeps in mid-2013 and currently serves as Coordinator of the foundation’s Global Governance Area. He also served as regional coordinator of the Secretariat of the Coalition for Human Rights in Development between 2016 and 2018. Previously, he worked in the Area of International Financial Institutions of the Center for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA).
He is a secondary school teacher and author and co-author of papers and articles on topics of Argentine Foreign Policy, Transparency, International Financial Institutions and Accountability Mechanisms.
gon.roza@fundeps.org
Romina Pezzelato
Coordinator - Gender
Romina Pezzelato
Romina has a degree in Communication Sciences from the National University of Córdoba, with a specialization in gender and education at FLACSO_PRIGGEP and a Diploma in Community Feminisms from Abya Yala (National University of Jujuy). Her experience is linked to popular education and feminist struggle.
Since 2019, she has been part of La Marea Noticias and La Marea Formación, where she participated in the “Respect is law” campaign on the Gender Identity Law. She was a consultant in the Gender and Diversity Directorate of the Ministry of Health, coordinating the training of health professionals. For more than five years he has been giving talks and conferences related to access to the rights of trans children and adolescents. She is also a member of IELSAN (Institute of Legal and Social Studies of Lawyers for Girls, Boys and Adolescents.)
Currently, she coordinates the Gender and Diversity Area at Fundeps.
cecilia.bustos.moreschi@fundeps.org
Maga Ailén Merlo Vijarra
Coordinator - Health
Maga Ailén Merlo Vijarra
Maga is a lawyer from the Faculty of Law of the National University of Córdoba (UNC). She has a master’s degree in Procedural Law from the Siglo 21 Business University. She has participated in numerous courses, seminars and conferences linked to the area of public policies, human rights and management of social projects. She has been part of various organizations aimed at meeting the demands of groups in vulnerable situations.
She has been part of Fundeps since 2016 and is currently the Coordinator of the Health Area.
magamerlov@fundeps.org
Nina Sibilla
Coordinator - Democracy
Nina Sibilla
María Victoria is a lawyer from the Faculty of Law of the National University of Córdoba (UNC). He completed his Master’s studies in Governance and Human Rights at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). She was an intern at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington (2017) and at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in San José, Costa Rica (2019).
Previously she worked as a lawyer in the Judicial Branch of Córdoba.
She participated in research teams on environmental and social rights at the Center for Legal and Social Research (CIJS) of the UNC and has experience in teaching in the areas of Human Rights and Professional Practice.
She has been part of Fundeps since 2016 and is currently Coordinator of the Democracy Area.
ninasibilla@fundeps.org
María Laura Carrizo
Coordinator - Environment
María Laura Carrizo
Lau is a lawyer (National University of Córdoba) and has participated in numerous courses, workshops, and conferences related to environmental law and socio-environmental conflicts. She works as an environmental lawyer and is part of different organizations and social assemblies where issues related to the violation and promotion of human rights linked to the environment are addressed.
She has been part of Fundeps since 2018 and is currently Coordinator of the Environment Area.
lauracarrizo@fundeps.org
Angela Cordoba
Coordinator - Team Management
Angela Cordoba
Angela has a degree in Social Work from the National University of Córdoba with a Postgraduate Degree in Human Rights. She has a Diploma in Human Resources, Corporate Social Responsibility and a Happiness Trainer. She has been part of work teams in the area of human relations and in the coordination of development, well-being and integration processes.
She is certified as a Social Facilitator, being part of community organizations with a perspective on health, gender, education and inclusion for families, children and adolescents at risk. She is currently finishing her specialization in Development and Respectful Parenting.
Since 2024 she has been Coordinator of the Team Management Area.
angela.cordoba@fundeps.org
Noelia Garzón
Coordinator - Administration and finance
Noelia Garzon
Noelia is a Higher Technician in Financial Management; advanced student in the Public Accounting career at the National University of Córdoba (UNC), and is also studying the Programming Technique at the National Technological University (UTN). Currently, he is completing the University Diploma in New Economies (UNC).
She has actively participated in work teams in the public sphere, especially in the area of gender and technology, coordinating projects, managing budgets, training and carrying out other leadership activities.
In the professional field, she works as a teacher of new technologies and is also a volunteer in Global Shapers Córdoba, a global network of young leaders, where she holds the position of Incoming Impact Officer. In all these spaces, their focus is on processes, objectives and people.
Since 2023 she has been part of Fundeps and is currently the Coordinator of the Administration and Finance Area.
noelia.garzon@fundeps.org
Camila Victoria Bocco
Project Manager - Global Governance
Camila Victoria Bocco
Camila has a degree in International Relations and a degree in Political Science from the Siglo 21 Business University. Currently, she is finishing the International Specialization in Epistemologies of the South from CLACSO and is a master’s degree in Sociology (UNC).
She has a diploma in Cooperation and transnational challenges, with orientation in project formulation and management, and a diploma in Politics and Government, with orientation in paradiplomacy and multilevel governance. Both diplomas awarded by the Center for Contemporary International Studies (CEIC) of the city of Córdoba.
She has been part of Fundeps since 2020 and is currently Project Manager of the Global Governance Area.
camilabocco@fundeps.org
Sofia Rubiano Eckert
Project Manager - Institutional comunication
Sofia Rubiano Eckert
Sofía has a degree in Social Communication with an orientation in Institutional Communication, graduated from the National University of Córdoba. He specialized in internal communication for organizations.
In addition, she has knowledge in graphic design and social media management as a Community Manager.
She has been part of Fundeps since 2020 and is currently Project Manager in the Communication Area.
sofia.rubiano.eckert@fundeps.org
Florencia Martinez Ogas
Project Manager - Institutional comunication
Florencia Martinez Ogas
Florencia has a degree in Social Communication, graduated from the National University of Córdoba. He specialized in journalistic production and radio and audiovisual production. He has experience in managing social networks as a Community Manager. He has knowledge in political communication. In addition, it occupied spaces of territorial militancy linked to human rights.
Since 2022, she has been Project Manager of the Institutional Communication Area.
florencia.martinez.ogas@fundeps.org
María Laura Fons
Project Manager - Health
María Laura Fons
María Laura is a Lawyer, graduated from the National University of Córdoba and Professor of Philosophy, from the same university. He has been part of different social organizations aimed at defending the human rights of vulnerable groups, mainly children; and has developed postgraduate courses and participated in conferences linked to social rights.
Since 2021, he has participated in the Social Rights research team within the Center for Legal and Social Research of the National University of Córdoba (GIDES). He currently has a scholarship from the National Interuniversity Center for Research Initiation, to study the right to adequate food.
Since 2022 she has been Project Manager for the Health Area.
laurafons@fundeps.org
Nayla Palacios
Project Manager - Health
Nayla Palacios
Nayla studied Anthropology at the National University of Córdoba and received training in public policy project management at the Center for Urban Initiative.
She has been involved in programs and public policies focused on health promotion and prevention, applying a rights-based approach and the principles of Primary Health Care. Nayla served as Coordinator of the Indigenous Health Unit at the Ministry of Health of Córdoba and managed the creation of the Diploma in Health and Interculturality at the Faculty of Medical Sciences (UNC). She has also contributed to the establishment of dialogue tables between Indigenous communities, local health teams, and other government agencies in various localities of Córdoba province.
She has participated in numerous research projects, university extension programs, and collective participation initiatives related to processes of ethnic reemergence, territorialization, and Indigenous rights. She is currently involved in a project on Territories and Indigenous Peoples in Córdoba province (Secyt – UNC).
Since 2024, she has been part of Fundeps, working as Health Projects Coordinator.
nayla.palacios@fundeps.org
Ananda Lavayen
Project Manager - Environment
Ananda María Lavayén
Ananda is a lawyer graduated from the Faculty of Law of the National University of Córdoba. She specialized in family and gender law from a human rights perspective and to be a lawyer for children and adolescents.
She has participated in numerous courses, seminars, conferences and training related to human rights, the environment and socio-environmental conflicts. In addition, she practices the profession privately and in a law firm that is dedicated to civil and labor law.
She has been part of Fundeps since 2018 and is currently Project Manager of the Environment Area.
anandalavayen@fundeps.org
Carola Bertona
Project Manager - Gender
Carola Bertona
Carola has a degree in Social Work, graduated from the National University of Córdoba. She has participated in research and extension projects linked to feminist epistemologies, strategies and practices for the sustainability of life. Also, she has been co-organizer of cycles of Social Work training and dialogue workshops in contexts of crisis and family intervention.
She has been part of different programs and public policies in the province aimed at guaranteeing the sexual rights (reproductive and non-reproductive) of young people and women.
She has been an assistant and speaker at various Congresses, postgraduate courses and seminars linked to the Social Sciences, the subjective experiences of intervention in situations of gender violence and the role of emotions in the construction of scientific knowledge.
She works in a social and political organization of the popular economy, addressing interdisciplinary situations linked to problematic consumption and gender violence.
Since 2023 she has been Project Manager in the Gender and Sexual Diversity Area.
carolabertona@fundeps.org
Manuela Fernández Grassani
Collaborator - Enviroment
Manuela Fernández Grassani
Manuela is a lawyer graduated from the National University of Córdoba and has a diploma in Environmental Law. She has joined several NGOs as a volunteer and participated in courses and training in environmental law. She currently works as a lawyer in a comprehensive law firm.
Since 2023 she has been a Collaborator in the Environment Area of Fundeps.
manuela.fernandezgrassani@fundeps.org
manuela.fernandezgrassani@fundeps.org
María Cecilia Bustos Moreschi
Consultant - Gender
María Cecilia Bustos Moreschi
Cecilia has a degree in History, graduated from the National University of Córdoba. She is a specialist in Care Policies with a Gender Perspective (CLACSO) and in Oral and Recent History. She has a diploma in Management and design of distance educational proposals (ARTEC-UNC) and a master’s degree in Anthropology (University of Seville). She has also taken courses on Comprehensive Sexual Education and Feminist Economics.
She has participated in research teams and work networks on Recent Argentine History and on gender and work (CIFFyH), also on care and old age, and human rights and companies (Universidad Siglo 21).
She currently works as a teacher at the middle and higher levels.
Since 2015 she has been a member of the Gender and Sexual Diversity Area of Fundeps and is currently the Coordinator.
cecilia.bustos.moreschi@fundeps.org
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