Executive director of the Office of the Old City (OCA), Panama. The OCA is a governmental agency administered through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), whose mission is to renovate the colonial neighborhood of Panama City, declared World Heritage Site in 1997. The OCA combines traditional monument restoration projects with a variety of social programs, such as affordable housing, employment, job training, and community art. The objective is to integrate the low income population of the neighborhood to the cultural and tourist economy of the area, seeking to create a socially inclusive model of development.
He obtained a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the Catholic University in Panama, a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Arizona, and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Rice University.