DirectorCollective Change Lab
Juanita, Director at the Collective Change Lab, is dedicated to transforming inequitable systems through collective change practices. She has collaborated with organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and UTEC, Inc., guiding systems actors in exploring narratives and identity and fostering authentic ways to transform power dynamics.
Juanita was born in Bogotá, Colombia. She earned her law degree from Los Andes University before immigrating to the U.S. to study Philosophy at Boston College and to practice the martial art of Aikido. Raising two teenagers in a bi-racial and bi-cultural home, she leverages her immigrant background to embrace complexity, navigate "spaces in between," and prioritize empathy and compassion in her professional and personal life.