Barbara is ISSUP's Coordinator for Spanish and Portuguese speaking National Chapters. A Psychologist by training with a degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana, Barbara has been working in the field of Drug Demand Reduction since 2015.
Previously she has served as the Head of the International Affairs Department at Centros de Integración Juvenil A.C. (CIJ), the host organisation of ISSUP Mexico.
In recent years, Barbara has participated in various drug demand reduction trainings from congresses, courses and academic events on issues of prevention, treatment, recovery support to the formulation of public policies.