Claudia is a Political Scientist, from  Universidad Católica de Córdoba,with an MBA at School of Business Administration, Universidat Politécnica de Catalunya and a Master in Development, at Universidad Alberto Hurtado (ILADES). She also has a Diploma in Law of Indigenous Peoples, at the Law School of Universidad de Chile.

Claudia has over 15 years of experience in the mining industry, in the areas of environment and sustainability, in charge of socio-environmental issues, community relations and development of strategies that enable large investment projects. Her main areas of interest are Indigenous issues and participation processes with local communities.

She is currently Project Coordinator in the Social Performance and Safety line of research at SMI-ICE-Chile.