The Puntos Team
Evelyn
Flores
Executive Director.
Evelyn is a feminist human rights defender and educator with more than 30 years of experience. She has degrees in Law and Journalism, as well as diplomas and specializations in human rights. She has published articles and research studies, and developed educational materials on women’s human rights, focussing particularly on women’s right to live free of violence and to control their own bodies.
She is a facilitator of capacity-building processes, with decades of experience in the development of communication and education campaigns. As a founder and member of various NGOs, feminist coalitions and coordinating bodies in Central America, she has facilitated inter-institutional dialogues with governmental entities and diverse expressions of the women’s movement.
Fernando
Carcache
Fernando is a racial justice and LGBTIQ+ human rights defender. He holds a PhD in Management, a Master’s degree in Economics, a Master’s degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology. He has complemented his education with studies in Senior Management at INCAE Business School in Costa Rica, and corporate social responsibility. Fernando has been a university professor and is an international consultant for institutions such as the Inter-American Development Bank, United Nations, Free Press Unlimited, World Learning and Women Win, among others.
He has held management positions in various development NGOs focused on social and economic justice, and has led communication campaigns, developed social innovations with technology, and implemented training processes, research and monitoring and evaluation systems. He has also focussed on forging strategic alliances between NGOs, private enterprise and international aid agencies. In addition to his work with Puntos de Encuentro (both in Nicaragua and Costa Rica), he has worked with Fundación Luciérnaga (Nicaragua), and ARTCORPS Foundation (Boston, USA).
Fernando is Deputy Director of Puntos and Treasurer of the Puntos Board of Directors.
Leticia
Picado
Leticia is a feminist activist, social communicator and educator in sexual and reproductive rights. She specializes in communication for social change, radio and audiovisual production and is a content creator with a focus on issues of sexuality, reproductive rights, and prevention of violence, sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitation.
She has extensive experience in organizing educational campaigns and in leading and facilitating training processes with young communicators, using experiential methodologies, and coordinates projects on migration and gender.
Leticia is Deputy Director of Puntos and Coordinator of DKY Digital.
Indira
González
Indira holds a Master’s degree in Business Creation and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Communication. She has worked as a university professor and a consultant in brand management for organizations and political movements, and has more than a decade of experience working with organizations that defend human rights and work to prevent and eliminate violence against women, LGTBIQ+ folks, young people and migrants,
Indira is Head of Communications at Puntos and coordinator of Miradas Moradas digital magazine.
María José
Chaves
María José is a sociologist and feminist. She works as a researcher and university professor at the School of General Studies of the University of Costa Rica. She has also been part of the Centro Feminista de Información y Acción (CEFEMINA) for more than 18 years.
Throughout her professional and activist career, she has been committed to the defense and promotion of human rights, especially the rights of women and migrants. This has allowed her to work with a wide variety of groups, international organizations, public institutions, universities and social movements. With them, she has coordinated interdisciplinary research teams, designed and facilitated training and awareness processes related to different topics and has been linked to the daily work of different social actors.
María José is Chair of the Puntos Board of Directors.
Katherine
Estrada
Katherine is feminist with extensive experience in radio, television and print media, focused on social issues and human rights, especially the migration of Nicaraguans. She has a degree in Social Communication, and is currently, she is part of the Nicas Migrantes team of the independent digital media outlet Confidencial, where she addresses both the difficulties and the triumphs of Nicaraguans who have emigrated from their home country.
She was a member of Fundación Puntos de Encuentro’s DKY-FM radio program for 2+ years, participating in tours around the country and providing tools to teenage listeners. She was also part of the Foundation’s communications team, and has worked in training processes on trafficking and sexual exploitation of adolescents, as well as on women’s economic empowerment and teen dating violence. For the past three years, she has collaborated with Puntos on audiovisual projects and as editor of the Miradas Moradas digital magazine.
Katherine is Vice-Chair of the Puntos Board of Directors.
Álvaro
López
Álvaro is an economist with a Master’s degree in economic development and specializing in social issues. He has more than a decade of research experience, focussing on economic development, migration and poverty, and collaborating as a researcher in institutions such as the Inter-American Development Bank and in Central American think tanks such as State of the Nation (Costa Rica), PIASE (Panama) and FUNIDES (Nicaragua).
He has published more than 15 analytical papers on the economic and social situation of Nicaragua, providing key insights on its context. At the same time, he has held teaching roles at undergraduate and master’s level in several Nicaraguan universities, He has developed and implementation mented MEAL systems, and has advanced mastery of quantitative research methods, microdata management and the development of experimental models applied to socioeconomic studies.
Álvaro is Secretary of the Puntos Board of Directors.
Jota
Vargas
Jota holds a law degree from the University of Costa Rica, a specialty in Notary and Registry Law from the Universidad Fidelitas in Costa Rica, and a postgraduate Diploma in Gender and Equality Policies from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Uruguay.
She is a professor at the International Polytechnical University in Costa Rica, and has worked in a number of national and international human rights organizations such as the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Mulabi Association Front for Equal Rights / Latin American Sexualities, Rights and Non-Binary Space.
Jota is a member of the Puntos Board of Directors.
Leticia
González
Leticia has a degree in Pedagogy and Human Rights and is a Certified Accountant with extensive experience in project administration and institutional management. She is a financial specialist and expert in fund management for national and regional environmental and human rights NGOs.
She has 20 years of experience working with donors in the Americas and Europe, managing the different financial platforms, formats, and institutional administrative manuals of donors. She is currently receiving further training in Business Financial Analysis.
Leticia has been Puntos’ Financial Manager for four years, leading the team of project administrators, responding to donor and government requests for financial documents, and attending to both donor and institutional audits.