As a certified Integral Coach and highly skilled process facilitator, Mariana is committed to serving seasoned and emerging leaders in the environmental and social justice fields; those who find common ground in kneeling on the Earth and work to thin the divide between culture and nature. Her practice supports leaders in reclaiming territories of peace within themselves, as well as developing the emotional, embodied and relational resources so they can move meaningfully through their lives and their work.
She brings ten years of experience in the non-profit and public sectors to her coaching and facilitation, including work with the United Nations Development Program and in Mexico City’s Human Rights Commission. Originally from Mexico, her strong intercultural background — including time living in Panama, Ecuador, Canada and the United States — informs her coaching work.
She currently works at The Nature Conservancy, strengthening leadership networks around Indigenous and community-led conservation. Mariana is a certified Integral Coach from New Ventures West in San Francisco, California and serves as coach in the Wise Women’s Council, a leadership incubator for women in business, and in New Ventures West’s Professional Coaching Certification Program. She is a Fulbright-Garcia Robles Scholar, and earned a Master of Science in Environmental Policy from the University of Michigan. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City.
Mariana currently resides in traditional, unceded and ancestral territory of the Coast Salish people in Vancouver, British Columbia. She shares her life with her husband Pablo, who is a mathematician and PhD candidate in forest restoration at the University of British Columbia, and her son Mateo.