Mariana Borja

Applied Anthropology - Project Management | Propel Fellow

Mexico City, Mexico

About

Antropóloga y filósofa especializada en diseño y gestión de proyectos socioambientales e investigación etnográfica

Experience

  • Women for the MAR and Special Projects Officer at MAR Fund
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

    Leading Women for the MAR, a regional initiative supporting women-led ventures across the Mesoamerican Reef (Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras), focused on sustainable livelihoods and marine conservation. Managing a pipeline of early-stage initiatives, providing technical support in business model development, and integrating gender and environmental criteria into programme design and funding strategies. Overseeing project implementation, gender analysis, and partnerships to expand funding and regional collaboration

  • University professor – Social program design & environmental economics at Universidad Abierta y a Distancia de México (UnADM)
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

    I teach undergraduate courses on Social Program Design and Ecological and Environmental Economics, focusing on the design of inclusive, results-based social interventions and the analysis of the environmental impacts of economic activity.

  • Propel Fellow at Propel
    Oct 2025 - Nov 2025 · 2 mos

    Seleccionada para formar parte de Propel Fellowship, un programa regional intensivo de seis semanas enfocado en el uso estratégico de tecnología, innovación y colaboración para escalar impacto social en América Latina. Parte de una comunidad de más de 300 organizaciones de más de 20 países comprometidas con el cierre de brechas sociales en la región.

  • SBC Programme Manager - LAC at MAGENTA
    Oct 2023 - Mar 2024 · 6 mos

    Managing programmes effectively from inception to close-out, including both technical and operational aspects; programme design, including theory of change, activity design, M&E frameworks, resources plans and financial plans; applying behavioural research and analysis; design and implementation of social and behavioural change strategies.

  • Grants Coordinator at AVSI Foundation
    Nov 2021 - Oct 2023 · 2 yrs

    Training of 40 civil society organizations, accompaniment and supervision in the design and operational and administrative management of 9 projects in accordance with European Union regulations. Monitoring and evaluation. Administration of project funds. Partnerships.