Quiénes somos | Fondo Uruguay Socioambiental

Who we are

We are a group of people from diverse professions and backgrounds who live in different regions of Uruguay and have come together to influence Uruguay's socio-environmental agenda and perspective, so that it is informed by the realities of the territories.

Florencia Roitstein

executive coordination

Writer, university professor, and advocate for women's rights and environmental justice in Latin America. She holds a PhD from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. Since 2015, she has been the co-founder and executive director of Ellas-Mujeres y Filantropia . She has served as Undersecretary of Environment and Sustainable Development in Argentina. Her most recent book is Juegos Cochinos (Pig Games) (2022), a dystopian novel about genetically modified soybeans.

Andrés Thompson

resource mobilization

Master's degree in Development Studies. He was Program Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the WKKellog Foundation (United States) and coordinator of the Philanthropy Network for Social Justice (now Rede Comuá, Brazil) and Streetfootballworld (Brazil). He also volunteers and consults for several national and international organizations. He led the creation of the Baobá Fund for Racial Equity in Brazil and is a co-founder of Ellas Mujeres y Filantropía (Them Women and Philanthropy).

Tatiana Oviedo

communication and strategy

Graduate in Communication with a focus on Communication for Development. She specialized in working with civil society and community leadership through various training programs in Uruguay and abroad. Coordinator of the "Green Map: Youth Environmental Action in Uruguay" project, an information and communication platform that unites and gives visibility to youth organized around environmental issues in the country.

The advisory team is a committed community of people who bring perspectives from a wide range of fields and practices.

Monica Altuna

Geography teacher with training at the IPA and IFD in Mercedes, and a diploma in Geography (UDELAR/CFE). Master's student in Environmental Education (UDELAR/CFE). Teacher at the CeRP del Suroeste (CFE/Colonia del Sacramento). Participates in interdisciplinary projects on Environmental Education. Member of the NO + Colonia and Self-Convened Geography Teachers Collectives (Colonia).

Victor Bachetta

Journalist and writer on the environment, human development, and social movements. A student activist, he was a member of the Secretariat of the Federation of University Students of Uruguay (FEUU) in the 1960s. He was a member of the Unifying Action Groups (GAU) in the creation of the Broad Front. He co-founded the Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Communication Network (RedCalc) and the Movement for a Sustainable Uruguay (Movus).

Luis Basanta

Social and environmental activist from Colonia del Sacramento. A graduate of the University of the Republic and Juan Luis Perrou High School, he is a founding member of Conoce Colonia, an organization focused on community, ecological, and cultural tourism. He is actively involved in local life, environmental causes, and the production of journalistic and social content. He is a member of the NO + Colonia collective.

Lilian Celiberti

Master writer and local ecofeminist figure. Co-founder of the collective Cotidiano Mujer (1985), coordinator of the Virginia Woolf Communication Center. She actively participates in the Articulación Feminista Marcosur (AFM), which promotes feminist platforms at the regional level.

Carolina Cuesta

Social activist for youth and climate justice. Environmental Engineering student and feminist. Co-founder of the Youth Network for Climate Justice, youth focal point for the National Climate Change Response System, and coordinator of projects on citizen participation and climate governance.

Isabel Gadino

Architect with a Master's degree in Environmental Sciences. She is pursuing a doctorate in Environment and Society. She works as an adjunct professor in the Department of Territory, Environment, and Landscape and in the Bachelor's Program in Environmental Management at the Eastern Regional University Center (CURE) of the University of the Republic (Udelar).

Guidai Vargas

Teacher and member of the Charrúa Basquadé Inchalá Community. An Indigenous activist dedicated to defending their territory and cultural identity, she works on ecological and artisanal products. She was a fellow in international climate studies and curated the exhibition "Inambí. The Future is Ancestral" to highlight contemporary Indigenous memory and worldview.