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Team

Teté Ferreiro
Teté Ferreiro
Execuitive Director

BA in Business and Adminstration from Saint Thomas University (Miami, USA),  Master in Corporate Communication at IE (Instituto de Empresa) and Executive Program for Non Profit Leaders Stanford.

Dra. Simona Bambini
Dra. Simona Bambini
Anesthesiologist

Anesthetist with 30 years of experience, is the coordinator of the team of anesthetists of the expeditions.

María Bertrand
María Bertrand
Operations Director

María studied Translation and Interpreting at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. For the last 14 years she has worked as a logistician for professional round-the-world sailing teams participating in the Volvo Ocean Race. In her 5 round-the-world trips she took care of all the material and container shipments, customs and immigration of the boats and crew as well as the entire organization of the shore crew. He has also worked on the America’s Cup or the Barcelona World Race and on the London 2012 Olympic Games or the X-Games in Barcelona.

Cristall Andreu
Cristall Andreu
Operations

More than 10 years of experience as Assistant Manager in the service, tourism, leisure and social institutions sectors.
-Accustomed to working in multilingual environments
-Excellent interpersonal relationship skills
-Responsible, organized and discreet

Mónica García-Nieto
Mónica García-Nieto
Communication & Events Planner

Degree in Audiovisual Communication. More than 15 years of experience in the Audiovisual Production and events sector.

Sofia Navarro
Sofia Navarro
Expeditions

Sofia has extensive experience in preparing the necessary material for expeditions.

Mevi Figueras
Mevi Figueras
Expeditions

Mevi is a registered nurse and has the experience of more than 50 health care expeditions. Mevi, is the person responsible for keeping stock control of the warehouse and preparing the necessary material for the expeditions.

Miriam Pascual
Miriam Pascual
Logistica

Laura Navarro
Laura Navarro
Logistics

Nurse graduated from the University of Barcelona. She works as an operating theatre nurse at Clínica Oftalmológica Barraquer and is one of our nurses in charge of the logistics of expeditions and instrumentation in some of them.

Laura Núñez
Laura Núñez
Logistics

Laura has been working at Clínica Barraquer for more than 20 years as a clinical assistant in the operating theatre and sterilisation. She is one of the latest to join the Foundation, but her capacity for order and organisation makes her an essential part of the team.

Leticia Golpe
Leticia Golpe
Accounting

Degree in Business Administration and Management from the University of La Coruña. Master in Tax and Accounting Advice by IFFE Business Schools

Gerardo Valvecchia
Gerardo Valvecchia
Coordinator for LATAM

Gerardo has more than 27 years of experience as an ophthalmologist. He started his career at the Durand Hospital and Evita Pueblo. For the last 24 years he has been associate director of the Centro Ojos del Sur in Quilmes and he also works at the Centro Oftalmológico San Camilo of the Municipality of Berazategui. He is also the creator of the FacoExtrema medical congress, a reference in the region, which annually attracts more than 1,000 participants.

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Nerea Garmendia
Nerea Garmendia
Nursing student intern

Nerea is the youngest of the team. She is studying 4th year nursing and hers is vocational. She has already traveled with the Foundation on several expeditions and we know first-hand that she has the energy, desire and strength for many more. A great signing.

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