Ms. Muñoz has more than 20 years of experience as a multilateral practitioner, with expertise in complex negotiation processes. Before joining GESDA, she served as Minister Counsellor and Chargé d’Affaires a.i. at the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations in Geneva from 2016 to 2021. Prior to this, she worked for the U.S. State Department as a Senior Regional Environmental Specialist, where she led major initiatives to foster low-carbon, more inclusive and peaceful societies. She was also Director of the Costa Rica and Panama Programmes for The Nature Conservancy, and held senior positions at USAID and AVINA Stiftung.
Ms. Muñoz is particularly interested in areas such as: anticipatory science-diplomacy, sustainable development, human and international security, strategic foresight and futures. She has undertaken research at the intersection of science and policy, with a special focus on disruptive technologies and collaborative governance (AI, quantum, big data, neurotechnology, etc.)
She is an Executive-in-Residence Fellow at the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP), and member of the Advisory Council at the Democracy Lab.
She holds a Master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Banking and Finance, from the University of Costa Rica, and completed an Executive Leadership Program from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
