Velia VIDAL

Bio

Social entrepreneur - Writer - Social Communicator - Journalist - Reading promoter - Cultural Entrepreneur EXPERIENCE July 2015 – Present 8 years Writer Bogotá, Quibdó, Colombia - Columnist Cambio Magazine - 45 published columns - Books published: Aguas de estuario (2020), Oir somos río (translated into German) (2019), Entre páramo y estuario (2021), Volver a contar (translated into English) (2022), Para vernos mejor (2022) May 2016 -Present 7 years CEO and Founder Corporation Educative and Cultural Motete Quibdó, Colombia - Design and execution of the organisation's strategic plan - Design of educational content, reading promotion workshops - Relationship with the social environments in which the organisation intervenes - Implementation and execution of social interventions - Design of strategic alliances - Relationship with strategic allies - Capital raising and fundraising - Realisation of events September 2021 - Present 10 months Researcher Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Research on Latin America at the British Museum SDCELAR London, United Kingdom - Review of bibliographic material, archives and artefacts - Formulation of research projects - Interviews - Information analysis and content writing EDUCATION Master's Degree in Promotion and Production of Children's and Young People's Literature University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain Graduation date: October 2021 Specialist in Social Management Escuela Superior de Administración Pública ESAP Graduation date: September 2009 Social Communicator - Journalist University of Antioquia | Medellín, Colombia School of Communications Graduation date: September 2006 ACHIEVEMENTS - Recipient of a scholarship for the Pacific Diploma in Creative Writing from the Caro y Cuervo Institute and Fondo Acción. - Winner of the Ministry of Culture grant for the publication of works by Afro-Colombian, Black, Raizal and Palanquero authors. - Honourable mention in the first cohort of the Certificate in Afro-Latin American Studies of the Center for Afro-Latin American Studies at Harvard University. ALARI (Afro-Latin American Research Institute at de Hutchins Center) at Harvard University. - Fellowship at Josepha, an artist residency in Ahrenshoop, Germany. -100 Women (BBC) in 2022