Farewell, cypress

Carmen is a Technical project manager with over 12 years of experience. Her work at Bocoup focuses on project management for web platform projects and product development projects. She is currently the TPM for our Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) project and has managed projects focused on scrolly telling, data visualizations and website development. She works closely with the technical and programs team to define sprint priorities, provide time estimates for project delivery and ensure high quality delivery to partners.

Before joining Bocoup, she worked as a product owner and a technical project manager in the international development sector in the areas of open data, gender, health and agriculture. She also has experience in civil society engagement and transparency advocacy. 

Carmen has a Bachelor’s in Political Science and a Master’s in Intellectual Property Law from Sciences Po Paris. She speaks English, French, Spanish and Portuguese and lives between El Salvador and Canada.

The web Carmen wants doesn’t promote digital colonialism and ensures the Global South is not being plundered by big tech companies from the Global North. 

You can usually find Carmen working from a room filled with plants, books and accompanied by her dog Kivu, who stares at her all day requesting to be taken out for another walk.