Constanza is founder and director of the Latin America Legal Program at ELC. As a lawyer, she is a leading expert on the Rights of Nature, mainly focused on protecting and conserving rivers and marine ecosystems in the Americas. She specializes in drafting ecocentric legislation, collaborating with local organizations and governments, and advising decision makers on regional legislative projects, with successful campaigns in more than five countries in the region. Constanza studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (Chile) and has a master’s degree in private international law and international trade from the Pathéon-Assas University in Paris (France), and a master’s degree in environmental and energy law from New York University. She has been honored by International Rivers as one of the most outstanding Women River Defenders.