Associate Professor, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law and Social Science, University of Concepcion. Researcher at Water Resources Center for Agriculture and Mining (CRHIAM), Universidad de Concepción, Chile. Lawyer, Universidad de Concepción, Chile, 1998. PhD in law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada, 2011. Master in Law, University of Toronto, Canada, 2007. She has participated in several research projects, published in national and international academic journals. She has represented Indigenous Peoples as a lawyer. Her research interests are Constitutional Law and International Human Rights with a special focus on indigenous peoples and the human right to water.