Victoria Haro

Victoria Haro is co-founder and director of the Universidad del Medio Ambiente (UMA –University of the Environment) in Mexico. Founded in 2009, UMA is the first formal university in Latin America focused entirely in socio-environmental studies in diverse disciplines and offering a project-based, on-site education designed for self-directed change agents. Victoria has a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University, specializing in legal incentive design and applied legal research. Prior to founding UMA, she served as head environmental advisor of the government of Valle de Bravo –source of 20% of Mexico City´s public water system. Her current work focuses on the integration and evolution of learning communities that may generate personal, interpersonal and transpersonal transformations able to foster social and environmental regeneration.