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She holds a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, a Master’s degree in International Environmental Law from the Central University of Ecuador, and a Master’s degree in Family Law and Inheritance Systems from UNED, where she is currently pursuing a PhD. She has worked as a university lecturer on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at higher education institutions in Ecuador, including the University of the Americas, SEK International University and the Equinoctial Technological University. She is accredited as an authorised mediator by Consenso-Ecuador and is a founding partner of the law firm Maroselle Asociados, where she has built up an extensive professional practice, with a particular focus on issues relating to children and adolescents.

She holds a PhD in Law, is a professor of Law at the UNED, and is an expert in mediation, human rights and the culture of peace. She has been directing the UNED’s Modular Course in Mediation for over 15 years and coordinates international training programmes in conflict resolution with the United Nations University for Peace in Costa Rica. She has given lectures at universities in Europe and Latin America, and at the UN. She is director of the mediation and international mediation series published by Dykinson and of the international research group TABA. She has participated in and led European projects (RISE, Erasmus+) focusing on gender, inclusion and mediation, and is an expert evaluator for the European Commission. Her academic career combines teaching, university management, research and educational innovation focused on conflict resolution, mediation, higher education policies in Spain and internationally, and human rights.