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A faculty member at the School of Theology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and a member of the Program in Religious Studies. Her work seeks to integrate theological research, interreligious dialogue, and contemporary social challenges in Latin America. Her research focuses on interreligious and intercultural dialogue, particularly on the relationships between Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and indigenous spiritual traditions in Latin America. Her areas of research address topics such as Scriptural Reasoning, religious multi-affiliation, hospitality, migration, indigenous theologies, coexistence in contexts of religious and spiritual diversity, and contemporary transformations of religious identities.

She holds a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame (United States) and has developed international academic projects and collaborations with institutions in Latin America, Europe, and the United States. She has been selected to join the KAICIID International Fellows Programme 2026 and participates as a collaborator in the global project The Church of the Sheaves: Equipping the Saints for Mission as Gift Exchange, promoted by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization and the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology at DePaul University. In this context, she is part of the international team for Module 3: Sociological and Intercultural Perspectives on Mission Today, which focuses on issues of interculturality, religious pluralism, and global Christianity.

She is a member of the coordinating team for international networks such as the International Network for Interreligious Research and Education (INIRE) and Ecclesia in America, organizations dedicated to strengthening research, training, and international academic collaboration on issues related to religion, the Church, and intercultural dialogue.

She is currently president of the Chilean Association for Interreligious Dialogue for Human Development (ADIR Chile) and a member of the Department of Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue of the Archdiocese of Santiago. Her work has contributed to strengthening ties between academia, the Church, and civil society around interreligious dialogue and coexistence in diversity.

At UC, she has promoted academic internationalization initiatives and led the implementation of the Interreligious Prayer Room on the San Joaquín Campus, fostering spaces for encounter, welcome, and dialogue for diverse religious and spiritual communities.

His teaching integrates innovative methodologies, such as Service-Learning (S+L), along with strategies for developing global and intercultural skills in his students, including COIL, CLIL, and EMI. He also promotes experiences of interdisciplinary and intercultural dialogue that bring together research, university education, and community engagement.