Georgina is PhD in Agroecology. She has practical experience – mostly in developing countries – on agroecology, sustainable local food systems, and environmental policy and governance (international and national) of biodiversity, genetic resources, and biosafety of emerging genetic applications. She is the president of the Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology, and faculty member of the Academic Peasant Unit Tiahuancu of the Catholic Bolivian University.