Biography

As an archaeologist of indigenous descent, I am committed to improving the lives of Andean communities by empowering them to assert their cultural rights. During my ten years of professional experience in Peru’s Ministry of Culture, I have collaborated with Indigenous people on projects to preserve archaeological sites and landscapes that are crucial to their cultural identity and well-being. Engagement in such projects enables communities to participate in heritage decision-making, fostering their sense of citizenship. From colonial times, Peruvian society has been characterised by systemically discriminating Indigenous people. So, I firmly believe heritage is a powerful instrument to tackle this, granting communities a platform to become political actors by speaking out, being heard, and caring for their cultural properties.I am also interested in unravelling the role of heritage and the politics of the past in contemporary Peru. Using a mixed research methodology (ethnographic data, archival research, and statistics), I am studying how closely heritage is related to the modernisation of the Peruvian state in the 20th century, periods of widespread state violence, and Neo-extractivism.

Previous Education

Universidad de San Marcos Archaeology 2022
Universidad de San Marcos Archaeology 2014