ABOUT PAULINA
Transforming the world through education and social projects
Paulina is a Mexican Psychologist, Teacher, Facilitator and social worker. Her main interest is creating holistic educational projects that promote creativity, empathy, and resilience.
She has traveled around the world exploring, learning and sharing with others, while collaborating with social and educational projects in nine countries around four continents.
In Mexico, she designed and Implemented workshops to promote gender equality, prevent discrimination and promote peace culture. She worked with Roma children in France, and researched about non-traditional educational models in Uganda. She volunteered at an asylum seeker center and a mental institution in Sweden. She spent her last year in Thailand, working and learning about education and projects in SEA.
Paulina believes in social and educational projects that facilitate people to develop their strengths and encourage them to share, inspire and make the difference by helping others.
VOLUNTEERING
EMA ERASMUS MUNDUS AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Latin America & Caribbean region
2016 -2018
Responsible of coordinating Erasmus Mundus Masters and Doctoral programs promotion in different universities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Joint work with European Commission Delegations in Latin America.
Program Representative Network member, coordinating representatives of 115 EM masters and Doctoral programs
IFWE COLIMA
Mexico
2016
State Delegate “IfWe Colima”
International Forum for Women Empowerment
Diagnostic of women’s socio-economical situations in Colima state.
Speaker and organizer at the forum “Global Urban Youth”, developed by UN-Habitat.
Program design to prevent unwanted pregnancies among adolescents through information, access to contraceptives and training in leadership and gender equality.
SINA_THE SOCIAL INNOVATION ACADEMY & UPLIFT A CHILD, AFRICA INTERNATIONAL
Uganda
2015
Facilitator in charge of workshops and programs aimed to empower children and youth through social support, housing, alternative learning models and entrepreneurship development.
Proposed and coordinated the first stage of a "Conflict prevention and resolution" program.
Designed and implemented activities to promote sense of belonging, motor and cognitive skills among children in vulnerable conditions
RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
"THE INFLUENCE OF TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL MODELS ON CHILDREN’S BELIEFS TOWARDS EDUCATION; FUTURE EXPECTATIONS AND RESILIENT ATTITUDES”
August 2015
First International Seminar on Families and Children in a Global World.
Lisbon, Portugal.
Paper presentation.
Publication in process
FAIR WELFARE POLICIES IN EDUCATION_ ADDRESSING EQUALITY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN
June 2014
INIE Conference -Entrepreneurial Approaches to Education.
Poland.
Conference presentation.
CONDOM REJECTION AMONG TEEN AGERS IN COLIMA, A SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE” (TITLE AND ARTICLE IN SPANISH)
2012
Chapter publication in the book "Neoliberalism, social inequalities and health: general trends and specificities in youth" (title and book in spanish) Silvia Lerma Partida y Miguel Angel Karam Calderon. (2012), pp. 91 A LA 112. ISBN: 978-607-8193-15-8
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
PLAY THERAPY
60 hrs Workshop
Mexico 2014
Asociación Nacional de Terapia de Juego ANTEJ A.C. & Centro de Terapia Familiar y de Pareja C.E.FA.P
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
Postgraduate certification
Mexico 2013
Instituto Jaliscience de Psicoterapia Cognitivo Conductual IJPCC
Certification in process
GENDER AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN A LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CONTEXT
Course
2012
144 hrs course by OAS
PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSESSMENT
Workshop
Mexico 2010
University of Colima
RATIONAL EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY APPLIED TO EDUCATION
Workshop
Mexico 2009
University of Colima
GET IN TOUCH
Contact Paulina Santos regarding her work, course offerings or any other inquires.
Skype: santos.paulina.colima