Laura is a Forestry Engineer from Universidad de Chile and Master in Environmental Management and Administration candidate from Universidad Arturo Prat, Chile. Likewise, she has a Graduate Diploma in Public Space Landscape Design from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

With over seven years of experience in environmental consulting and engineering, Laura has carried out Project engineering and coordination roles. She has participated in the consolidation of Environmental Impact Declarations (DIA in Spanish) and Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA in Spanish) for diverse projects with different topologies such as mining, transport, roadworks, among others. She has specialised in environmental characterisation of ecosystems, baseline surveying and seasonal monitoring of land and aquatic vegetation, forestry management planning and work plans for xerophytic formations for projects in the North, Centre and South of Chile.

She currently Works as a Project Engineer, in the Tailings and Contaminated Land area, at SMI-ICE-Chile.