Vanessa is the coordinator of the Monitoring Working Group. Prior to joining ESCR-Net, she worked for two decades closely accompanying the struggles for social justice of survivors, women human rights defenders, communities and organizations, mostly through advocacy, litigation and research of human rights abuses. She has focused on incorporating decolonial feminist practices and methodologies to weave collective healing and resistance against multiple oppressions, primarily in Abya Yala (term given to the American continent by the Kuna people). Vanessa holds a MA in Development Studies with specialization in Gender, Human Rights and Conflict: Social Justice Perspectives (ISS- Erasmus University Rotterdam), a BA in Law (Tecnológico de Monterrey) and a Specialization in Epistemologies of the South (CLACSO).
