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Ana Maria Parada Rodriguez
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Project Officer (Research and Resources)
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Ana Maria is an Andean woman born in Bogota Colombia, descending from the Muisca nation. She migrated to Australia in her early teens with her family and grew up on Gadigal land (Sydney). Ana currently lives and works on Darkinjung (central coast NSW).
Ana holds a Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social Sciences with Hons in Government and International Relations, and a Graduate Diploma in Health Sciences (Naturopathy) and in Community Services. Throughout her studies Ana has been drawn to research Indigenous responses to climate change, holistic health and land rights in Abya Yala (Latin America).
Ana is also a multi-media artist with successful musical projects representing Indigenous and Afro Latinx inspired sounds in the Australian music industry. She also leads an arts project using Indigenous beading as a tool for mindfulness in partnership with artists from the Embera Chami Tribe of Colombia.
As a project officer at AIGI, Ana is part of a team updating the Indigenous Governance Toolkit that is providing resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups/communities to meet their self-governance goals and potentials.
Before joining AIGI Ana worked in the disability, education and health sectors working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities. She has also participated in research projects focused on environmental sustainability in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sector in Australia.
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