RESEARCH GROUP

Jessica is a Latin American woman with a degree in Education and Social Sciences from Colombia's National Pedagogical University.  She is a specialist in public policies for equality in Latin America and holds a post-graduate diploma in university teaching from the Latin American Council of Social Sciences. She has taught history, political science and philosophy. She has been a pedagogical and political advisor for the AWA indigenous community in Colombia. She has been a trade union leader, a social leader and has accompanied various social movements at international level. She was co-organizer of several international human rights verification tours and missions. She was Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the Committee for Human Rights in Latin America (CDHAL). Responsible for social justice at the Congrégation de Notre-Dame. She is vice-president of the UQAM Latin America CUAL committee. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in political science at UQAM.

Fields of interest :
Left-wing parties and social movements
Political violence, genocide
Guerrilla warfare, the state and paramilitarism
Colombia

Publications :
(2023) "Colombie. Entre la violence et l'espoir !" À bâbord.
(2021) Le peuple n'abandonnera pas !" Caminando.
(2020) "Causes structurelles des migrations forcées", Caminando.
(2020) Un canto para denunciar al gobierno de Iva?n Duque, Las 2 Orillas 
(2018) Femmes tisserandes : Alternatives à un système de pillage et de spoliation, Caminando.
(2016) "Nous n'échangerons pas le fusil contre une casserole" Voz, la Verdad del Pueblo, Semanario.
(2013) "Mémoire sociale et histoire récente, clés de la revendication politique de l’Union Patriotique", Páginas de Nuestra América.