Coordination team
Juan Carballo
Executive Director
Juan Carballo
Juan Carballo earned his law degree in his home country of Argentina at the National University of Cordoba (2006), and his Master of Laws (LL.M.), at Georgetown University Law Center (2010), sponsored by the Fulbright Commission.
He was a Law Fellow at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law from 2010-2011 and a legal advisor at the Inter-American Heart Foundation Argentina from 2012-2013. He has worked as a short-term consultant for the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO). He has extensive work experience at the civil society field in Argentina and worked as a legal advisor at the Environment and Sustainable Development Secretary at the local goverment of Córdoba. He is one of the founders of FUNDEPS where he is has served as Executive Director since 2012.
He has written papers and books chapters on Constitutional Law, Accountability and Transparency, Environmental Law, Right to Health, and Human Rights.
juanmcarballo@fundeps.org
Carolina Tamagnini
Project Coordinator (Direction)
Carolina Tamagnini
Carolina holds a Bachelor Degree in International Relations by the Universidad Siglo 21. She had a research scholarship given by the International Relations and Integration Secretary of Córdoba. She was assistant researcher in an academic research project at the Siglo 21 University, on International Migratory Policies at MERCOSUR.
Carolina is author and co-author of various publications in scientific journals, of topics related to migrations, refugee, gender and right to health.
carotamagnini@fundeps.org
Mayca Balaguer
Coordinator - Legal Affairs
Mayca Balaguer
Lawyer graduated from the Faculty of Law of the National University of Cordoba and Diploma in Gender Studies, women’s and political movement in Latin America (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of UBA and Latin American Program of Distance Education in Social Sciences Cultural Center Of the Gorini Floreal Cooperation).
She is the coordinator of the Law and Human Rights project at Projects Abroad, an organization that offers volunteer opportunities to young foreigners in the city of Córdoba.Co-founder of the Corps of Feminist Advocates of Cordoba (CAF) and member of the Alliance of Argentine women lawyers.Volunteer for more than 10 years in AFS Intercultural Programs Argentina & Uruguay, an international organization that promotes intercultural learning opportunities through educational exchange experiences. Trainer of volunteers and educational communities at the binational level.
maycabalaguer@fundeps.org
Gonzalo Roza
Coordinator - Global Governance
Gonzalo Roza
Gonzalo has a Bachelor Degree in International Relations (Universidad Siglo 21), a postgraduate diploma in Entrepreneurship Management and a MOOC course in Project Management for Development. He joined Fundeps in mid-2013 and currently is the Coordinator of the Global Governance Area of the foundation and member of the International Secretariat of the Coalition for Human Rights in Development. Formerly, he worked in the International Financial Institutions´ Area of the Center for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA).
He is a professor of secondary education and author and co-author of papers and articles on issues related to Argentine Foreign Affairs, Transparency, International Financial Institutions and Grievance Mechanisms
gon.roza@fundeps.org
Virginia Pedraza
Coordinator - Gender
Virginia Pedraza
Lawyer and teacher in Gender, Society and Politics of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences. Co-founder of the Body of Feminist Lawyers (CAF) and member of the Argentine Alliance of Women Lawyers for the Rights of Women. He is Shaper of the Global Shapers International Community, Hub Córdoba and has been Facilitator of the White Ribbon Campaign – Argentina-Uruguay Chapter, Focal Point Córdoba. She is the author of several publications and has participated in different instances of training and research, focusing her studies on human rights, gender and sexualities.
vir.pedraza@fundeps.org
María Cecilia Bustos Moreschi
Project Manager - Gender
María Cecilia Bustos Moreschi
Cecilia graduated in History, graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities of the National University of Cordoba. He teaches at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Universidad Siglo 21 and in the middle level, and as part of the Editorial Board of the magazine Brumario (UES21).
She is a specialist in Oral and Recent History and is the author of several articles on this subject. She is part of the Gender and Sexual Diversity team and participates in projects oriented towards participation and media violence.
cecilia.bustos.moreschi@fundeps.org
Agustina Palencia
Coordinator - Democratic Strengthening
Agustina Palencia
Agustina has a bachelor’s degree in International Affairs in Universidad Siglo 21. She serves as assistant in a research project sponsored by CONICET, Universidad Siglo 21 and Grupo de estudios de India de Rosario. She has several publications in scientific magazines and in the book “Emergentes Asiáticos en América Latina: El Sudeste de Asia, China e India”. She has participated as a speaker in several seminars and conferences.
She is also a volunteer in Organización Argentin de Jóvenes para las Naciones Unidas (OAJNU), and has been the coordinator in different projects. She is Assistant Professor in the chair Sistemas Políticos Comparados in Universidad Siglo 21.
She is student at the Program of Governance, Policy Managemen and Public Policy of Universidad Católica de Córdoba, CAF and the George Washington University.
agustinapalencia@fundeps.org
Agustina Mozzoni
Coordinator - Health
Agustina Mozzoni
Agustina is an Attorney at the National University of Córdoba and has been a recipient of the 2015 honor roll. SHe has been an intern at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University. He currently serves as “research assistant” in the research team on Social Rights within the Center for Legal and Social Research of the National University of Cordoba.
agustinamozzoni@fundeps.org
María Pérez Alsina
Coordinator - Environment
María Pérez Alsina
María is a lawyer, graduated from the National University of Cordoba. She currently works in the legal study and in the Fellow of the “Environmental Guardians” Program of the Ministry of Water, Environment and Public Services of the Province of Córdoba. In turn, participate as an Assistant Researcher in a research project within the Center for Legal and Social Research of the UNC. Within the framework of this project and as a member of the Environmental Law Research Group CIJS-ISEA 2014, she participates as author of the books “The current environmental institutionality in Argentina (2009-2014)”, “Legal research in public environmental policies (Part II) “and” Minimum budgets and the new environmental legal order in Argentina (2014 – 2015)”.
mariaperezalsina@fundeps.org
Eliana Juncos
Coordinator - Institutional Communication
Eliana Juncos
Eliana graduated in Social Communication with orientation in Institutional Communication, graduated from the UNC.
She specialized in strategic planning, event organization, oratory and social networking. She has worked as a freelance for different SMEs and private professionals. In addition it developed like agent of press and journalist.
elianajuncos@fundeps.org