Albanys is trained in general psychology and psychotherapy (Bachelor degree from Rafael Urdaneta University in Venezuela, Master in Psychotherapy from SEK University in Ecuador).
She has worked in disaster settings, carrying out community projects for affected population and humanitarian workers, during the eruption of the Cotopaxí Volcano and the April 2016 earthquake in Ecuador. In addition, she worked as a social worker at HIAS Ecuador with migrants. Her recent work with IRMA was as Research Assistant, managing the Triage process and conducting key informant interviews with migrants for an evaluation of UNICEF’s CBI Response to the Venezuelan Migrant Crisis.
Albanys is fluent in Spanish and has an intermediate level of English.
