Ximena Manrique

Ximena Manrique is a communications professional and researcher transitioning into environmental policy and sustainable development. With a background in marketing, entrepreneurship, and cross-cultural negotiation, she specializes in translating complex organizational goals into purpose-driven strategies that prioritize horizontal cooperation and the integration of ancestral knowledge with Western science. A polyglot fluent in Spanish and English—and currently advancing in Portuguese and French—Ximena is preparing for postgraduate studies in International Relations and Environmental Policy to help ground future policy-making in the territorial realities of the Amazon.