Laura Milena Botero

Hometown

Táchira / Caracas, Venezuela

Education

Psychologist - Universidad Católica Andrés Bello / Musician - Vicente Emilio Sojo Conservatory of Music

Interests

Gender Studies, Indigenous Studies, Decoloniality, Environment and the Amazon, Crime and Governance, Activism and Social Movements, Artistic Practices

Experience

For the past four years I have been collaborating with civil society organizations through research and project management. I have worked in projects on violence and citizen security, humanitarian action, and assistance to displaced and refugee populations. I am currently engaged with indigenous and environmental issues in the Venezuelan Amazon, collaborating with leaders of the Uwottüja, Ye'kuana, and Yanomami indigenous peoples who are at the forefront of grassroots organization processes in a context of growing extractivism and the establishment of criminal governances around gold mining. As a future scholar, I seek means of dialogue between academia and community-oriented action.