Phd in Anthropology (University of Toronto) and B.A. in Journalism (Universidad del Valle, Colombia). Professor at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, researcher at POIESIS group, and coordinator of the 
Musicas del Rio
program. NatGeo Explorer since 2020 and a fellow of the Latin Grammy Foundation, the New Orleans Jazz Festival Archive, the Pulitzer Center, and the Colombian Ministry of Culture, among others. Member of the National Council of Cultural Heritage (2015-2022) and of the Conceptual Committee of the Festival Petronio Álvarez (2009-present). His research topics are cultural heritage, cultural production of music and the communication of sciences. In the field of cultural heritage and music, he has worked with traditional musicians from the Caribbean and Pacific coasts in Colombia, and has published on the 
circulation of music
from the Pacific and the appropriation of musical heritage. In the field of migration studies he has worked on the role of cultural heritage as a platform for economic and symbolic development among
migrants in Colombia
. In the artistic field, he has led musical and theatrical 
projects
on Colombian cultural heritage, from the perspective of communication of the sciences through the performing arts.