Cultural heritage expert and PhD candidate (2024-2028) in Applied Cultural Anthropology with more than two decades of leadership in cultural policy, intangible heritage safeguarding, and education instruction. Former Director of Belize’s Institute for Social and Cultural Research and consultant with field experience across the Caribbean and Latin America. Chair of the Evaluation Body of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2023.