I am drawn to complex problems, especially the ones that resist simple solutions.

For much of my career, I have worked inside complex systems, exploring questions of power, belonging, responsibility, and change. My work sits at the intersection of human-centred design, systems thinking, Indigenous worldviews, and futuring, with a particular focus on how organizations can evolve while incorporating differing worldviews for optimal performance, service delivery and employee well-being.

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For over two decades, I have worked across the public and private sectors supporting organizational improvement, innovation, and cultural transformation. Much of this experience has been shaped within government, where I have led and supported initiatives in organizational design, Indigenous innovation, responsible AI experimentation and implementation, and large-scale change efforts. Working inside institutions has given me a deep understanding of how change actually unfolds, where it gets stuck, what creates resistance, and what allows transformation to take root.

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My approach combines rigour with relationship. I draw on evidence-based innovation and design methods while grounding my work in respect for the human and ecological systems in which organizations operate. I see systems not as static structures, but as living networks capable of learning, adapting, and remembering why they exist in the first place.

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My Identity Story

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My identity is woven from many places and many lineages.

I am a daughter, sister, mother, friend, and guide navigating the world with roots in the South and a life shaped in the North. Biologically, I am South American. Environmentally, I am North American. Culturally, I live in the space between, carrying the textures, contradictions, and richness of both. I think of myself as a citizen of the Americas and the world.

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My soul belongs to the mountains, ancient, enduring, and generous in their wisdom.

Language has always been a bridge for me. English, French, and Spanish move through my life, each offering a different way of seeing and relating. Beneath spoken language, however, is a deeper orientation toward Indigenous and ancestral ways of knowing. I have never felt the need to define this connection through labels. It lives instead in how my body responds to drumbeats, in my ancestors’ stories, and in the reverence I feel for nature and the unseen.

Growing up in Canada added further layers to my sense of belonging. I don’t claim a single identity; I live in dialogue between many—between continents, cultures, and histories. My relationship to ancestral knowledge is not confined to one geography. It resonates across traditions that honour the Earth, the cosmos, and the interdependence of all living beings.

Home, for me, is not a fixed place. It is found in familiar rituals, the quiet of mountains, the laughter of my children, and the steady knowing that I am part of something larger; a living web that extends far beyond borders or definitions.

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The Story of Pathways to Pacha

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Pathways to Pacha emerged from a lifelong fascination with systems; how they are shaped, how they fracture, and how they can heal.

Pacha, a Quechua word, speaks to the inseparability of earth, time, and space. It holds a worldview in which past, present, and future are in constant relationship, and where every decision carries responsibility across generations. This understanding has long guided how I see the world.

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The name is deeply personal. It echoes my father’s affectionate nickname for me, Pachakutin, and memories of a childhood marked by curiosity and connection. At the same time, it reflects a broader intention: to bridge modern organizational practice with ancient wisdom, and to help institutions rediscover balance between efficiency, meaning, and care.

The spiral at the center of the Pathways to Pacha logo reflects this philosophy. It represents growth, learning, and evolution, reminding us that transformation is not linear, but cyclical. Around it are four figures: the past, the present, diverse knowledge systems, and a shared vision for the future. Together, they hold the dialogue that makes change possible.

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Pathways to Pacha is more than a consultancy. It is a living practice.

It invites people and organizations to bring their full histories into the room to examine inherited assumptions, reimagine how they work, and co-create systems that are effective, relational, and alive. At its heart, Pathways to Pacha is an invitation to remember how to lead and live in right relationship with each other, with the planet, and with the long arc of time that connects us all.