PhiLab is financing my graduate research assistantship at the Community Service-Learning of the UAlberta, where I am developing spatial multi-criteria analyses using ArcMap software to prioritize areas for the distribution of the resources that support post-secondary education. This work is framed in the research project “Exploring the Impacts of a Community-Based Post-Secondary Education Award”. Likewise, I support identifying different mechanisms that could improve the collection and administration of the data to have interoperability between socio-economic and spatial information. Outside of this project, I am doing a Ph.D. in water resources engineering at UAlberta; here, I use geographical analyses for water resources management. Finally, I enjoy volunteering with the catholic community in Edmonton; this community has been a great support during my experience as an international student in Canada.

Awards and distinctions

• MinCiencias-Colombia. Doctoral Scholarship Call No. 885 of 2020. Awardee of the Scholarship for Ph.D. studies at the University of Alberta, Canada from 2021 to 2025. 
• Green and Gold Student Leadership and Professional Development Grant – University of Alberta. This grant financed my participation in the Water Innovation Lab Global 2020 (WIL Global 2020) program led by Waterlution – Canada. 
• COLFUTURO – Scholarship-Loan Program. Beneficiary of the loan-scholarship program for graduate studies in universities outside of Colombia. This program financed my master’s studies at the University of Alberta, Canada.