Manuela is an architect turned human rights advocate. Her work intersects design, education, and human rights to support social change and peacebuilding through multidisciplinary collaborations and creative processes. She helped consolidate the School of Human Rights Practice - Escuela D at Dejusticia and has experience as a learning consultant. She has a degree in architecture from the Universidad de Los Andes and a post-graduate degree in Social Research methods and techniques from the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO).