Martha holds a Bachelor Degree in Social Work (Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala).
She has 20 years of experience in humanitarian and international development projects with a large range of donor and implementing organizations (including UNDP, OIM, Trocaire, GIZ, Oxfam, Red Cross and CRS) in Guatemala.
She has coordinated, advised, implemented, monitored and evaluated numerous projects at national and local levels. Highlights of her career include the multi-country resilience program ‘Oxfam CA-MEL’ for which she was the Program Officer for Guatemala, implementing the risk management strategy for USAID’s SEGAMIL Food for Peace program, Single Year Assistance Program – SYAP – and Multiple Year Assistance Program under Title II – MYAPs). Her main areas of focus are migration, food security and disaster risk reduction.
As an IRMA National Research Associate, she is currently responsible for the field work component of a consultancy assignment on migration and environment issues for IOM Guatemala.
