Sebastián M.
Gender Justice at Oxfam America | Leader of Defying Gender Roles
- Role
- Creative Writer at Defying Gender Roles
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sebastián M.
Transformational leader with 20 years of experience driving development work across 15 countries, managing budgets, and leading multicultural, cross-functional teams in multilingual environments.Accomplished diplomat and political strategist with demonstrated skills to develop and execute strategy, build coalitions, and manage complex stakeholder relationships with tact and discernment. Gender justice & strategic practitioner with 13 years of expertise translating gender justice theory into practice internally and externally, with deep knowledge in intersectional feminism, LGBTQIA+ issues, masculinity, anti-racism & decoloniality, women’s political participation, care work, and GBV. Founder and leader of Defying Gender Roles for 11 years. An advocacy initiative defying gender inequality by reimagining masculinity with care at the center, through a popular education approach. Internationally recognized thought leader, TEDx speaker (30K views), podcaster (latest) & writer (latest) who has delivered 50+ presentations and training sessions on gender equality and social justice.
Experience
Creative Writer
Jul 2018 — Present
Published in 2025 on the digital anthology \'Poems That Are Medicine: The Art of Caring Through Poetry\', published by the EU-LAC Foundation / Fundación EU-LAC. • Published in 2024 on Reed\'s Magazine for non-fiction piece titled \"On care, pain, violence, and war\"• Since 2018, author of the blog #MasterInLove exploring the intersection of care, gender, masculinities, and parenting
Education
Universidad Iberoamericana
Certificate, International Borders with focus on the Haitian-Dominican Border
2007 — 2007
Universidad Externado de Colombia
Bachelor's degree, Finances and International Relations
2001 — 2006
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Postgraduate Degree, Management, Marketing and New Information Technologies in Non-profit organizations.
2008 — 2009
Harvard Kennedy School
Executive Education, Nonprofit Leadership
The Fletcher School at Tufts University
Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, Human Security, Public and NGO Management
KIT
Professional Development Programme for Gender Trainers, Training
2019 — 2020
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Certificate, Human Development
2007 — 2007
Duke University
Certificate on Behavioral Economics in International Development
2021 — 2021
Harvard Kennedy School
Graduate level courses
2010 — 2011
Skills
- Microfinance
- Policy Analysis
- Rural Development
- Politics
- Research
- Latin American Studies
- International Relations
- Diplomacy
- Non-Governmental Organizations (Ngos)
- Gender Mainstreaming
- Political Participation
- Gender
- Humanitarian Assistance
- Masculinities
- Ngos
- Economic Development
- New Business Development
- Poverty Reduction
- Election Monitoring
- Program Management
- Political Financing
- Project Management
- Electoral Politics
- Public Policy
- Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
- Persuasion
- International Development
- Program Evaluation
- Latin America
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