I’ve always loved what I do. And when I no longer love it, I get curious as to why and I adapt. My 25-year professional journey started with an internship in a small Ecuadorian NGO, and has since involved various positions of increasing seniority, with employers including universities, International NGOs, government aid agencies, and international development consultancy firms.  
  
When I found myself succumbing to burn out, increasingly frustrated at the dissonance between the values that had attracted me to my work and the practices that seemed to proliferate despite the recognition within the sector of their ineffectiveness, I stepped away.
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I trained as an executive coach and was soon struck by the similarity between a coaching approach and the raison-d’être of development work – i.e. of empowering others to find and act on their own solutions. My specific expertise as a consultant in evaluation and learning also seemed to dovetail with the work I did as a coach to help clients set goals and look for, reflect on, and respond to evidence about the effectiveness of their actions.
 

I have since then found my way back to the international development space, supporting leaders and their teams to better understand themselves and the impact they can have on others through the way go about their work. 
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My clients inevitably work within complex systems, where the pathways to change are not clear cut. Our work together is focused on developing the skills and mindset necessary to engage fully and effectively in the process of change.