Community Manager Elena is pursuing her doctoral studies in Social Work at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Her research is a decolonial approach to the idea of development from the perspective of Andean indigenous worldview. Elena has a degree in International Relations from the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid and a degree in…
Secretary of the Board of The Avalon Project At 15, Francisco began working at a printing house in Barcelona, to finally become an entrepreneur of the publishing sector in Seville in 1981. Since 2003, Paco participates in the creation and development of The Avalon Project, finally becoming a member of the Board of Directors in…
Member of the Board of The Avalon Project Professor of Didactics of Musical Expression at the School of Education Sciences of the University of Granada, Maria Luisa has a Senior Degree in Piano and a PhD in Education Sciences from the University of Granada. She has participated in research projects on the study of the…
Vice Chairwoman of the Board of The Avalon Project Nina is an educational psychologist, special education teacher and Gestalt and bioenergetics therapist, and has been working with people with functional diversity for 27 years. She has imparted dozens of courses, workshops, talks and communications in all these fields, and has worked for different public and…
Finances Benjamín holds a degree in Business Studies and has been a secondary school teacher for thirteen years. He has also worked as a financial administrator in private companies in Spain for 25 years. His role is the most difficult: to try to bring economic sense to a team of idealists who do not think…
Treasurer of the Board of The Avalon Project Traumatologist and orthopaedic surgeon in the Virgen del Rocío Hospital in Seville until his retirement. His commitment to social justice has led him to be part of the Medical Commissions of the Saharawi Refugee Camps in Tindouf, and to be part of surgical projects with NGOs in…
Delegate of TESC in Brazil Waverli is a biologist and an environmental educator, with a PhD in Ecology from Sao Paulo University. She was a university professor for 38 years, responsible for designing, implementing and conducting programmes and research at the Methodist University of Sao Paulo, where she founded and directed a Sustainability Centre. From…
Editorial Consultant Alette Willis is Chancellor’s Fellow in Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of Edinburgh. She has been a researcher at a number of institutions at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, both in Canada. Storyteller and secretary of the Scottish Storyteller Forum, she was storyteller in residence to the Royal Zoological Society…
Operational Director Marta is the Chairwoman of the Board of The Avalon Project –parent organisation of the Collection– where she previously served as director of events, as well as director of educational programmes, in Avalon and other organisations in Catalonia since 1995. She is also an activist of Extinction Rebellion. Zen meditation and qigong facilitator…
Executive Director Grian has a PhD in Education Sciences and a BA and MA in Psychology. In addition, he is translator, communicator and author of 15 books (fiction and essay), translated into 12 languages, with an international bestseller, The Gardener. Social and environmental activist in Spain and Scotland, he actively participated in the Indignados Movement…