Verónica previously managed Conciliation Resources' project in Colombia working to support the implementation of the 2016 peace agreement. She specialises in participatory democracy and sustainable peacebuilding and has held various positions developing projects about these topics in partnership with civil society organisations in Colombia. Verónica has worked with intergovernmental organisations, NGOs and academic institutions including the United Nations Development Program Transitional Justice Fund, the Colombian National Federation of Local Ombudspersons, Roehampton University, Rosario University (Colombia), among others. Verónica holds a Masters in Political Sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a bachelor in Political Science and Government from the Rosario University (Colombia). She is currently completing a PhD at the University College London Institute of the Americas on the topic of institutional participation improvement and the Colombian peace process.