Building Effective Community Resilience through Active Participation

Abstract

Nathalia Ospina Uribe was born in Armenia, Colombia and completed her B.S. degree in Architecture with emphasis in Urban Design from the University of La Gran Colombia (UGC) in (2013). She worked for over three years in the construction industry as a technical and contract architect at companies such as Bureau Veritas and ECOM Trading. She is currently pursuing her M.E. degree in Civil Engineering and Construction Management at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (UPRM). Ospina Uribe has diverse interests in the research area of Community Resilience; Appropriate Technology, and Climate Change. During her Master's program she become involved in a pilot project to co-develop workshops aimed at strengthening community resilience through the creation of practical solutions for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene challenges in Puerto Rico through opportunities supported by NSF, Oxfam America and the Response Innovation Lab.

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