Faculty

Medicine and Public Health

• Bustamante, Vanessa
  Doctor, Master’s Degree in Public Health. Specialist in areas of maternal and child health, health services organization.
• Farinango, Matilde.
  Doctor, specialist in Intercultural Health. Director of Hospital Cayambe.
• Patiño, Fausto.
  Doctor, Master’s Degree in Public Health and PhD in Public Health. Research and Health Services Administration specialist.
• Suárez-López, José.
  Doctor, Master’s Degree in Public Health, PhD in Epidemiology. Specialist in studies of environmental factors on health.
• Suárez-López, Luis.
  MSpecialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics. Teaching and research in reproductive health.

Interculturality and Anthropology

• León, Edizon.
  PhD (c) in Latin American Studies. Specialty in intercultural and local development, with emphasis on African-Ecuadorian studies.
• López Paredes, Dolores.
  Anthropologist, Master of Cultural Studies and PhD (c) in Latin American Studies. Specialist in interculturality and local development
• Maldonado, Luis.
  specialist in Indigenous worldviews, and interculturality. Director of Center for Indigenous Leadership.
• Mullo, Juan.
  Anthropologist, specialist in Ethnomusicology.
• Puente, Eduardo.
  Lawyer and Doctorate in Jurisprudence, Master’s Degree in Latin American Studies, majoring in Cultural Policy.

Indigenous Philosophy and Worldview

• Cachiguango, Enrique.
  Indigenous Philosopher, specialist in Andean Worldview.
• Gordillo, Ruth.
  Coordinator of Theory and Criticism of the Ecuadorian Liberal Thought. Professor of Philosophy, Epistemology and Social Sciences.
• Pilatuña, Jaime.
  Professor of the Indigenous Worldview. Shaman of the First Nation Quitucara.
• Reascos, Nelson.
  Professor of Philosophy, Andean Worldview, Epistemology and Formal Logic. Former Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences at the Universidad Católica. Professor and guest lecturer at several international universities.

Agroecology

• Calispa, Fabián.
  Agroecology and Development specialist, integrated and self-sustaining farms. Master of Viable Agriculture and Rural Development.
• Paredes, Miriam.
  Sociologist in Rural Development. Specialist in community natural resource management.
• Chorlango, Gonzalo.
  Agroecology and food sovereignty in Canton Pedro Moncayo.

Biology and Natural Resources

• Guamán, Fabricio.
  Biologist, specialist in studies of social and environmental impacts in the Amazon region.
• Manresa, Antonia.
  Biologist, Social Researcher with an emphasis on studies in the Amazon region and development projects.

Sociology and Local Development

• Chontasi, Luis.
  Doctorate in Sociology and Political Science with an emphasis on the management of local development and public policy.
• Campoverde, Jacqueline.
  Specialist in Microfinance and Social and Solidary Economics.

Education

• Castelo, Emilia.
  Bachelor of Science in Education. Specialist in the Philosophy of Education.
• Murgueytio, Marcelo.
  Master’s in Educational Project Design, Management and Pedagogy.

History

• Paz y Miño, Juan.
  Doctorate in History. Historian of the City of Quito. Vice President of the Association of Historians of Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Reyes, Hernán.
  PhD(c) in Latin American Cultural Studies, Member of the American Association of Communication Researchers. Spanish as a Second Language

Spanish as a Second Language

• Cornejo, Carina.
  Bachelor of Science in Education. Professor of Spanish as a Second Language.
• Garzón, Hugo.
  Teacher of Spanish as a Second Language.
• Rodriguez, Alexanda.
  Bachelor of Language and Communication. Professor of Language, Literature and Spanish.

Community Leadership

• Acosta, Salomón.
  Afro-Ecuadorian leader, teacher and representative of the local government of Mascarilla, with expertise in community development.
• Andrango, Rumiñahui.
  Community leader, Indigenous Movement leader and President of the Union of Farmworker Organizations of Cotacachi.
• Chorlango, Gonzalo.
  Community leader with expertise in agroecology and food sovereignty, Canton Pedro Moncayo.
• Churucumbi, Gabriel.
  Community leader, social researcher, leader of the indigenous movement.
• Guatemal, Manuel.
  Community leader with expertise in Indigenous worldview, San Clemente, Imbabura.
• Mantilla, Cecilia.
  Lawyer. Specialist in Local Government legislation. Former Mayor of the Canton Pedro Moncayo.
• Morocho, Hilario.
  Community leader with expertise in agroecology and food sovereignty, Canton Pedro Moncayo.
• Pila, Santos.
  Lawyer, community leader, with expertise in indigenous worldview and flower developmental processes in Canton Pedro Moncayo.