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Bachelor in Modern Languages with emphasis in French, from the University of Costa Rica. Studied at Master’s Degree in Communication (University of Costa Rica) and is a graduate in applied linguistics (National University) where she received recognition as a distinguished student. As an actress and puppeteer she has received multiple workshops, with distinguished teachers.

She was president of the Asociación Cultural de Teatro para Infancia y Juventud Educarte, cultural manager and general producer of the IX Festival Educarte (2010) and the X Educarte Festival (international edition 2011), producer of the film and video festivals of the Centro Costarricense de Producción Cinematográfica de Costa Rica (Costa Rican Film Production Centre). de Producción Cinematográfica de Costa Rica (2010 and 2011). Throughout her career she has conducted theatre workshops for children, young people and adults; worked as an actress, puppeteer and presenter in television and advertising; as well as created shows, educational videos and audio stories for different types of organisations and made puppets for other groups. made puppets for other theatre groups. She is the founder of La Bicicleta Company (2002), for which she has created more than a dozen plays, including the process of writing scripts, prop construction from script writing, construction of props, masks, scenery and puppets to production, directing and acting in the shows. With her company La Bicicleta, in addition to touring Costa Rica, has performed in Canada, the United States, Spain, Ecuador, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Panama, Honduras, El Salvador and Panama. Since joining UNIMA International in 2012, she has been a member of the Commissions of Cooperation (2012 to 2020), Cultural Exchange (2012 to 2016), Three Americas (2016 to 2020) and Communication (2020 to date). She is a founder of UNIMA Costa Rica and currently serves as president and board member of the national centre.