Associate Justice, Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court
EDUCATION
- Doctorate Degree University of Los Andes, Santiago, Chile
- LLM on Public Law University of Los Andes, Santiago, Chile
- LLM of Judicial Studies on Constitutional Law University of Navarra, Spain
- Lawyer and Notary University of Costa Rica
- Visiting Scholar: American University and Columbia University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Legal Counsel of the Vice-president of the Republic and Minister of the Presidency (1995-1996)
- Legal Counsel of the Legislative Assembly (2004-2006)
- Law Clerk of the Constitutional Chamber (2012-2013)
- Alternate Justice of the Constitutional Chamber (2013-2020)
- Associate Justice of the Constitutional Chamber (2020- to date)
- Scholar at the University of Costa Rica on the following courses: International Protection of Human Rights (2019-2020); Constitutional Legal Procedure (2018); Comparative Constitutional Justice (2016 and 2018); Labor Law (1991 and 1994). Likewise, at the University Francisco Marroquín, School of Law, Guatemala, on Legal Research Methodology (1990) and Labor Law (1989-1990).
- Book publications: “The right to judicial protection. Jurisprudential Analysis of Article 25 of the American Convention on Human Rights”. Other collective publications and specialized Law Review articles about Human Right Law and Constitutional Legal Procedure.
- Participant in different events and lecturer for international conferences on current Constitutional and International Human Rights Law topics in South America, Mexico, Spain and Costa Rica. Recently lectured on women leadership, judicial control of constitutional amendments, and current challenges facing the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica.
