Maria Claudia Davila

María has a degree in social communication with a specialization in audiovisual production from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana of Bogotá, Colombia. At university, she obtained an average grade of 4.8/5, and one of her documentaries was selected in “Ventanas” for an audiovisual contest among the national universities. She studied at Santa Maria High, one of the most recognized bilingual high schools in Colombia. Currently, she is the Conversation Manager and one of three journalists at Mutante.

Recently, she was selected with 15 other journalists by the Fundación Gabo to assist in a one-week Solutions Journalism workshop to become a trainer on the subject. Before Mutante, she worked for VICE Colombia and PACIFISTA, collaborating on gender, culture and environmental news. She also has collaborated with El Espectador, publishing pieces on sexual violence and indigenous communities. In 2017, she was a communications intern at the Colombian Embassy in Indonesia.