Families and School relation School engagement and Educational Trajectory Dropout prevention Family and Work tensions Children Well-Being

I have been in charged of Undergraduate and Graduate teaching such as:
1. Social Interventions in Labour organizations, Bachelor in Social Work, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2.Professional Practicum, Bachelor in Social Work, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
3. Faculty Advisor, Master in Social Work, Hunter College School of Social Work, City University of New York.
4. Economy; Bachelor in Social Work, Universidad Alberto Hurtado.
5. Projects Social Administration, Bachelor in Social Work, Universidad Alberto Hurtado
6. Actual Challanges of Social Work, Bachelor in Social Work, Universidad Alberto Hurtado
7. Field Practicum, Bachelor in Social Work, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
8. Planning and Social Administration, Bachelor in Social Work, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
9. Field Practicum, Bachelor in Social Work, Universidad de Valparaíso
10. Dissertations, Bachelor in Social Work, Universidad de Valparaíso
11. Project Administration and Evaluation, Bachelor in Social Work, Universidad Alberto Hurtado
12. Social Projects, Master Local Development and Descentralization, Universidad Alberto Hurtado.
13. Dissertation II, Bachelor in Social Work, Universidad Autónoma de Chile
14. Social Policies and Strategies of Social Welfare, Bachelor in Social Work, Universidad Autónoma de Chile
15. Social Research I, Bachelor in Social Work, Universidad Autónoma de Chile
16. Public Policies and Social Research, Bachelor in Social Work, Universidad Autónoma de Chile
17. Family Interventions in school settings, Master in Studies and Development of Families, Universidad de la Frontera
18. Dissertations, Bachelor in Social Work, Universidad de Chile
19. Nucleus I+D, Bachelor and Master in Social Work, Universidad de Chile.

Number of Thesis Directed or co directed:

Master Dissertations (3) Universidad de la Frontera, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Chile.

PH.D. Dissertation (1), Fordham University

Undergraduate Dissertations (4), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Besides my position as full professor at Universidad de Chile, I am Director of UNESCO Chair on Children and Youth, Education and Society and Founder of the Chilean Universities for Children Network.
I have also been involved in international and comparative studies, highlighting participation in the Think Big Project: “Multinational Digital Platforms that enable health and wellness initiatives led by children and young people” is an initiative promoted by the University of Melbourne in which England, Colombia and Chile participate.
Now, I am participating in an international research lead by Spain whose title is “Design and evaluation of a platform for the training of families and teachers on the involvement in school education from home”.
I have also worked in the public sphere, collaborating on consulting for institutions like the Ministry of Education, Regional Ministries of Education, Municipalities
National Service of Women, Ministry of Social Development, Chamber of Deputies, Non-profit organizations (Fundación Telefónica, Pro O’Higgins Corporation and Fundación Araucanía Aprende, among others), among others. I have also done consulting work for the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB), United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the European Union. I have worked in management positions in the Undersecretary of Social Assessment or the Corporacion ComunidadMujer.
I have been member of the Editorial Committee of the WoS-indexed journal International Social Work, the Scielo-Indexed journal Liberabit, the Scopus-indexed European Journal of Investigation in Psychology and Education, the Scopus-indexed Latin American Journal of Social Sciences, Childhood and Youth, the WoS-indexed Frontiers in Psychology, and the Erih plus-indexed journal Rumbos Trabajo Social, among others.
I have participated in several committees of national and/or international significance. I have been member of the Academic Advisory Council for the formation of the new State University in the O’Higgins Region worth noting. I have been member in the Presidential Advisory Council for the reformulation of the Social Protection Card, the Governing Board of the first After School Program and the Council for Children of the Municipality of Peñalolen, the Panel of Experts for the design of the Policy for participation of families and the community in schools convened by the Ministry of Education, the Panel of Experts for Preventing Drop out in Pandemic invited by the Minister of Education. I have also been Counselor of the Office of Ombudsman for Children, Counselor of World Vision, Coordinator of the Commission on Challenges of the Future of Children of the Senate of Chile.