Regional representative for the Amazon
Josefina belongs to the Shuar Nation, an Indigenous community in the Ecuadorian Amazon. She was the first woman to be president of the Governing Council of the Shuar Arutam People (PSHA), a role she held from 2019 to 2023. In 1987, she obtained a high school diploma as an Industrial Technician in Crafts at the Colegio Salesiano Sevilla Don Bosco in Morona Santiago, Ecuador. She works with and supports numerous organizations and plays leadership roles at local, national, and international levels. In 2022, the Center for Transmodern Research and Study (CIET) awarded her an honorary doctorate in recognition of her work. She has also received various international awards, including the Paul K. Feyerabend Award and the Alnoba Lewis Family Foundation’s International Indigenous Leadership Award. She is also the Vice President of the Council of TICCA Latinoamérica (ICCA—Territories of Life Latin America Network.)
